29' er

scale20

I managed to get hope to send me a black stem but with a gold face plate 8)

Thewaylander

welshkev wrote:

Thewaylander wrote:

Not wear drive Yee

But you didn't detroy me on whites climb particularly i hadn't eaten for nearly a week it was only the fire track it was really noticibly super quick.

And fella there was no down on that trail to be honest, My mondy is shocking hard work on such pedally decents.

there's always some excuse

Whats your excuse tubs

toasty

If anyone is tempted to build one up in the near future, On-One are doing 2011 Reba 29 forks for £299. I only mention it as they're normally pretty tough to get hold of for sub £400, hopefully the price will stick at a more sensible number, now they're getting a bit more common.

VWsurfbum

Toasty wrote:

If anyone is tempted to build one up in the near future, On-One are doing 2011 Reba 29 forks for £299. I only mention it as they're normally pretty tough to get hold of for sub £400, hopefully the price will stick at a more sensible number, now they're getting a bit more common.

as usual 6mths after i buy something the price comes down :roll:

wobbem

Ah ThIS is a hippy bike, 29ers are for normal people and 26ers are for the little people ie midgets

Anonymous

^^I can;t see how you could pedal that round a corner without catching your toes on the front wheel.
Unless of course you have tiny little feet, which means the HOOJ wheels are just compensating for something.

wobbem

2 threads devoded to the things, only in America

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=7470326#post7470326

wobbem

and this one
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=655782

scale20

Thats just mental, you would need some seriously stiff forks otherwise the front tyre would be hitting the downtube on some harsh front wheel braking.

Shaggy_Dog

I struggle to understand why people associate riding large wheels with being a hippy/beardy bloke/homosexual. I could understand why you could call a 29er rider a Luddite, as they are shunning big travel and complex suspension systems for something much simpler. I.E: Bigger wheels. I think this is one of the reasons some people are so anti-29er, because it means they don't get a big phallic object adorning their bikes and they become less of a toy to gawp at and more of a tool that you have to ride to justify.

I think a lot of people riding big travel bikes are similar to the people who buy massive pickups, I'm sure a lot of people genuinely need them but others just may be compensating for something if you know what I mean

toasty

Quite a few people ride both, there's clear advantages to each. The only luddites in my eyes are those slating something without trying it properly

My Scandal has Rebas now, rigid was a quick cash saver, not any sort of reverting to stone age technology. I think I'll still swap between the Rebas and rigids on occation though, they were good fun!

scale20

I have converted over to 29 and will never go back to 26, for me they are a much better ride. I sometimes ride my other halfs pace 405 26 and hate it.

As toasty said there always those that will slate 29er without trying them, or they have tried them at a trail centre demo day and made their mind up. Thats not giving it a chance. I'm not going to start preaching 29er are holier than thou but if you want to make your minds up hire one for a weekend and ride all manner differnt trails then make your mind up.

My first 29er was a rigid scandal, I still have it and will never swap the rigids for sus forks, and I don't have a beard. Riding a long travell full sus can make you lazy on the trails, a rigid makes you work on the trail, picking your lines. The bigger wheels and bigger tyres takes a little bit of the buzz and bumps out of the rigid forks.

toasty

I picked up another crown race for the rigids yesterday actually, 4 allen key bolts and I can swap between the two as required.

It was never small buzz or big bumps that made me get a sus fork, it's the inbetween stuff, that you can clatter over at full pelt with sus but it's awkward keeping the wheels on the ground without. I'm planning to swap depending on where we're going, quicker job than swapping tyres or similar.

Rigid 29er forks definitely aren't a beardy niche thing as some seem to assume, they're literally the best setup for some situations.

Anonymous

Shaggy_Dog wrote:

I struggle to understand why people associate riding large wheels with being a hippy/beardy bloke/homosexual.

It's just tongue in cheek silliness.
I struggle to understand why some people have no sense of humour, and don't understand that people are joking or taking the mick.

Thewaylander

Yee are the damn hippies back again?

damn there worse than trailor trash you just can't move uhm on eh!

Anonymous

At least they can spell

Thewaylander

And use fulls stops at the end of a sentence.

wheezee

Toasty wrote:

I picked up another crown race for the rigids yesterday actually, 4 allen key bolts and I can swap between the two as required.

My headset came with a "split" crown race which also makes swapping a breeze. I use a steel fork for taking my 29er on the road as a sort of hybrid.

Anonymous

Thewaylander wrote:

And use fulls stops at the end of a sentence.

Hey, the smiley is a FINE substitute for a full stop, damn you :?

scale20

I had to take a spelling and grammar test before they let me wheel the bike out of the shop (smiley as full stop )

nicklouse

scale20 wrote:

I have converted over to 29 and will never go back to 26, for me they are a much better ride. I sometimes ride my other halfs pace 405 26 and hate it.

As toasty said there always those that will slate 29er without trying them, or they have tried them at a trail centre demo day and made their mind up. Thats not giving it a chance. I'm not going to start preaching 29er are holier than thou but if you want to make your minds up hire one for a weekend and ride all manner differnt trails then make your mind up.

My first 29er was a rigid scandal, I still have it and will never swap the rigids for sus forks, and I don't have a beard. Riding a long travell full sus can make you lazy on the trails, a rigid makes you work on the trail, picking your lines. The bigger wheels and bigger tyres takes a little bit of the buzz and bumps out of the rigid forks.

But you are now selling it. what went wrong with it in all of 2 days?

scale20

Nothing,

I built up my RIP9 and mainly use that for my trail riding. I love the Scandal and I found myself using it more on the road.

I went out on Friday to buy 2 tyres for the niner and came home with 2 tyres and a Scott Road bike. I have had to weigh up my options now. I work away all week and only home at weekends, where I also have my daughter. I am in Shropshire working all week so the road bike will help me get some road miles in. I dont get half as much MTB'ing done as I'd like so I wont be riding 2 MTB's

It pains me to sell it but Road bike at work and MTB at home works well for me.

Shaggy_Dog

It only takes an hour to realise drop bars are the only way on hardtop, but it takes 3 months for your core muscles to accept the change in position. Even though 29ers are the best type of MTB on the road, you'll never look back.

Now go and shave your legs

scale20

No way,

Not shaving legs, Not taking the peak off my helmet, baggies no lycra and I will be carrying my camelbak

Shaggy_Dog

If you don't have an athletic build I can understand not wanting to wear lycra. Fat dudes in lycra look very silly. If you are fit and slim then why the hell not? Unless you have a little willy obviously. The only reason I shave my legs is because I do photoshoots for cycling plus and they insist I have shaved legs, but now I've done it I kind of like it...

Spank me!

Anonymous

There's also "dignity" and "self respect" to consider when wearing lycra.
I look ok in swimming trunks, but that doesn;t mean I walk everywhere in speedos. Cause I'm not a freak.

Shaggy_Dog

yeehaamcgee wrote:

dignity, self respect.

These are new words to me