Giant Anthem 29 or 27.5

tigertang0

HI fellow bikers! I have a Giant anthem X1 29er. Before that i was on a cannondale 26er. Although the big wheels work well most of the times, I crashed more often and harder than on a 26er. I know and you should know why this happens with 29ers. Just days ago i crashed two days in a row, one because a could not pump the front wheel up over a HUGE root and the other one because of wheel flex when cornering. The flex stripped my speedo off the fork, now the wheel is out of true. OK the main question is would i like the anthem 27.5? Would it have the same ride qualities as the anthem i love? Or should i just get better hehe. Cheers

rockmonkeysc

You might like it or you might not.
Why not get another Anthem 26?

passout

I f you know you ride better on a 26er then get one of those, or get better on the 29er! 27.5 won't be very different from either will it?

RandG

Strange you're crashing more on a 29. I've been over the bars a few times recently on my 26, but never once on my 29.

cooldad

Or he just crashed and it had nothing to do with the bike.
Just saying.

Kowalski675

tigertang0 wrote:

OK the main question is would i like the anthem 27.5?

One way to find out - demo one...

coulddobetter

Fit a pair of 26 inch wheels as stabilisers.