Comments on: Stepping on twenty-nine inch landmines http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-366 Cloxxki Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:50:06 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-366 Don't get me started about global warming, I haven't skated on ice for 10 years. Snow hardly happens anymore either. Don’t get me started about global warming, I haven’t skated on ice for 10 years. Snow hardly happens anymore either.

]]> By: Lord of the Little Ring http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-364 Lord of the Little Ring Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:18:21 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-364 Hey Cloxxi- put down the caffeine coffee...they are only bikes ...we are not talking world peace ...global warming here, are we? Hey Cloxxi- put down the caffeine coffee…they are only bikes …we are not talking world peace …global warming here, are we?

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-361 Cloxxki Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:27:31 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-361 How something to obvious can become such a debate... Only the bike industry, really! Bikes don't make money, so less smart people are driving it. Smart people are into cars and airplanes. In bikes, people design to make a point, prove their right, enlarge their ego. In cars, they secretly develop new BETTER stuff because the other guy may be doing just the same, and with a head start. In cycling, we're stuck with the equivalent of the 3-wheeled Jeep for a quarter century :-) In cars, a new rubber compound or rim size available for a car model sees motorist hurry to the dealership to get a test drive. In cycling, we start debating how well the other stuff has served us the part decades, and how obviously stupid the new thing is and how it will never work, and we'll always run what we're running today, as it's simply the best mankind will ever produce. Aluminum, Carbon, Suspension, Disc brakes...if cyclists were running the world, we'd never have adopted the bicycle to begin with. To far-fetched a design, obviously the horse and carriage is the superior transportation and sporting device. [/rant] How something to obvious can become such a debate… Only the bike industry, really! Bikes don’t make money, so less smart people are driving it. Smart people are into cars and airplanes. In bikes, people design to make a point, prove their right, enlarge their ego. In cars, they secretly develop new BETTER stuff because the other guy may be doing just the same, and with a head start.
In cycling, we’re stuck with the equivalent of the 3-wheeled Jeep for a quarter century :-)
In cars, a new rubber compound or rim size available for a car model sees motorist hurry to the dealership to get a test drive. In cycling, we start debating how well the other stuff has served us the part decades, and how obviously stupid the new thing is and how it will never work, and we’ll always run what we’re running today, as it’s simply the best mankind will ever produce.

Aluminum, Carbon, Suspension, Disc brakes…if cyclists were running the world, we’d never have adopted the bicycle to begin with. To far-fetched a design, obviously the horse and carriage is the superior transportation and sporting device.
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]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-359 Guitar Ted Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:34:08 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-359 Way to go, guys! That's exactly the attitude that needs to be expressed. Go ride one and decide for yourself! Isn't that what most of us did anyway? Let the format speak for itself. If it is so slow, unwieldy, and limited in fit options then it will go away on it's own. It's as if there is some sort of conspiracy to twist everyones arm till they say "uncle" and we make them ride 29"ers! Which is absurd. Ride what makes you smile! If it's a 26"er- so be it! Way to go, guys! That’s exactly the attitude that needs to be expressed. Go ride one and decide for yourself! Isn’t that what most of us did anyway? Let the format speak for itself. If it is so slow, unwieldy, and limited in fit options then it will go away on it’s own. It’s as if there is some sort of conspiracy to twist everyones arm till they say “uncle” and we make them ride 29″ers! Which is absurd. Ride what makes you smile! If it’s a 26″er- so be it!

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-355 Cloxxki Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:04:40 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-355 Too much talk, too little actual trying it out. Most of the talk is by people with loads of experience and those without. Throw a leg over it and see how (your)theory matches practice. Look how the average attitude in the press on the topic has changed over the past 7 year. Imagine how in can become another 7 years on at the current rate... Too much talk, too little actual trying it out. Most of the talk is by people with loads of experience and those without. Throw a leg over it and see how (your)theory matches practice.
Look how the average attitude in the press on the topic has changed over the past 7 year. Imagine how in can become another 7 years on at the current rate…

]]> By: monk3y mike http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-354 monk3y mike Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:36:42 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-354 Agreed. A 26" bike was easier to flip around, lighter and felt quicker. My 29ers (I have no 26" bikes now) feel more sturdy, reliable, and comfortable. A 24" wheeled bike has its place too. Ride whatcha want. Which is why magz like Bicycling, Bike, Mountain Bike Action, etc. are in the business of giving you product to purchase..... Because every bike has merit if it serves a purpose of some sort. And yes, I've had an entire bottle of wine at this point.... Agreed. A 26″ bike was easier to flip around, lighter and felt quicker. My 29ers (I have no 26″ bikes now) feel more sturdy, reliable, and comfortable. A 24″ wheeled bike has its place too. Ride whatcha want. Which is why magz like Bicycling, Bike, Mountain Bike Action, etc. are in the business of giving you product to purchase….. Because every bike has merit if it serves a purpose of some sort. And yes, I’ve had an entire bottle of wine at this point….

]]> By: Rainman http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-353 Rainman Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:51:14 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2006/03/16/stepping-on-twenty-nine-inch-landmines/#comment-353 There will always be debate on this, as long as there are different sizes of bikes and wheels. All I can say is: If you want to know why we 29'er riders love the big wheels so much, just ride one for a few days and find out for yourself. R. There will always be debate on this, as long as there are different sizes of bikes and wheels.

All I can say is: If you want to know why we 29′er riders love the big wheels so much, just ride one for a few days and find out for yourself.

R.

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