32-Inch Wheels Make More Sense for Gravel Than XC — And Scott Just Proved It
Scott just showed up to Unbound week with a 32-inch aero gravel prototype and two serious athletes ready to race it 200 miles across Kansas. Cameron Jones — last year’s Unbound winner and 2025 Lifetime Grand Prix overall — is aboard one. Robin Gemperle, who won the Tour Divide and Silk Road Mountain Race in 2025, is on the other. These aren’t marketing props. They’re race bikes. And here’s the thing: while the cycling world has been busy debating whether 32-inch wheels make sense for XC racing, Scott may have accidentally — or deliberately — made the strongest argument yet that gravel is where this wheel size actually belongs first. ...