{"id":8568,"date":"2026-05-04T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/?p=8568"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:20:15","slug":"32-zoll-nische-oder-naechster-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/32-zoll-nische-oder-naechster-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"32-inch wheels - niche or next standard? Join the discussion at Cycle Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bigger, faster, more comfortable? 32-inch wheels are currently the talk of the bike industry. For whom does the larger wheel diameter make sense? What advantages does it offer on the trail - and where does it reach its limits? What complications await in everyday life and logistics? As part of a panel discussion on 30 May during Cycle Week in Zurich, experts from development, industry and practice will be joined by Velosuisse Vice Chairman Chris B\u00e4ttig to discuss the potential of 32-inch wheels. The focus will be on riding dynamics, geometry, areas of application - but also on market opportunities and acceptance in the retail sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is 32 inches the future in the mountain bike sector, or will it remain an exciting speciality for selected target groups? And what role do innovation, marketing and real-world performance play in establishing new standards?<\/p>\n

The panellists:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas Stoll\u00a0<\/strong>is a Swiss\u00a0Entrepreneur, former mountain bike pro and founder and owner of STOLL Bikes<\/strong>. As a trained engineer, he brings technical expertise and many years of racing experience to the development of his bikes. Stoll is currently attracting attention with the P32 innovation project, a 32-inch mountain bike, and is actively driving the discussion about new standards in the MTB sector.<\/p>\n

Chris B\u00e4ttig<\/strong>\u00a0is an entrepreneur and one of\u00a0a formative personality in the cycling industry. The founder of Chris Sports\u00a0<\/strong>has successfully established numerous international brands on the Swiss market with his flair for trends and innovations. In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, he is also involved at association level: as Vice President of velosuisse, he actively promotes the interests of the Swiss bicycle industry and supports the further development of the sector.<\/p>\n

Valentin Wendel<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Engineer at BMC<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Brain behind the<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>32-inch mountain bike<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>from BMC,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Already spotted training on MTB XC World Cup courses in 2025<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was born. As a passionate mountain biker and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Former racing driver<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Valentine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>always on the lookout for improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The podium will\u00a0moderated by Thomas Giger,<\/strong> Editor of RideMTB magazine, who will be able to emphasise different perspectives with well-founded questions to the panel guests. Of course, questions from the audience are also welcome.<\/p>\n

If you would like to test ride a 32-inch bike yourself, you can do so on Saturday, 30 May from 12:00 to 17:30 at RIDE's stand B54.<\/p>\n

Register now at the following address Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Caption: Swiss rider Felix Stehli (left) has already won a stage at the South African Cape Epic on a Stoll P32.<\/p>\n

4 May 2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bigger, faster, more comfortable? 32-inch wheels are currently the talk of the bike industry. For whom does the larger wheel diameter make sense? What advantages does it offer on the trail - and where does it reach its limits? What complications await in everyday life and logistics? As part of a panel discussion on 30 May during Cycle Week in Zurich, experts from development, industry and practice will be joined by Velosuisse Vice Chairman Chris B\u00e4ttig to discuss the potential of 32-inch wheels. The focus will be on riding dynamics, geometry, areas of application - but also on market opportunities and acceptance in the retail sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8568"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8576,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions\/8576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}