Comments on: Musings On 29″er Myths http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:35:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12857 Guitar Ted Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:45:36 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12857 BunE: Me too! Best band ever, and especially the most under appreciated. Someday I still endeavor to own a checkerboard Hamer Standard. Oh yeah! BunE: Me too! Best band ever, and especially the most under appreciated. Someday I still endeavor to own a checkerboard Hamer Standard. Oh yeah!

]]> By: BunE http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12841 BunE Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:53:48 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12841 Was it the sushi reference? Hells yes I am a Cheap Trick fan. Was it the sushi reference?

Hells yes I am a Cheap Trick fan.

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12814 Guitar Ted Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:35:03 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12814 BunE: "Bikes are cool. ’nuff said." Word! p.s., you don't happen to be a Cheap Trick fan, perchance? Just curious. BunE: “Bikes are cool. ’nuff said.”

Word!

p.s., you don’t happen to be a Cheap Trick fan, perchance? Just curious.

]]> By: BunE http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12811 BunE Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:03:38 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12811 I love my road bike I love my 26" Full Suspension I love my SS 29er. What is the big deal? Each ride is different and I like and loathe different things. Guess what!? I like chinese AND sushi, this despite China and Japan's historic differences....HAHAHAHAH Anyway. Bikes are cool. 'nuff said. I love my road bike
I love my 26″ Full Suspension
I love my SS 29er.

What is the big deal? Each ride is different and I like and loathe different things. Guess what!? I like chinese AND sushi, this despite China and Japan’s historic differences….HAHAHAHAH
Anyway.

Bikes are cool. ’nuff said.

]]> By: Rainman http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12805 Rainman Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:01:13 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12805 Humans resist change. That is a fact. We become entrenched and comfortable in our situations, we feel more secure in known surroundings with known and familiar things around us. But change is inevitable. Everything moves on, and we as riders can sometimes feel as if the changes are coming too fast. We resist those changes, we make up excuses to stay where we are now in our comfortable and secure-feeling enviroment. The move to bigger wheels is like that. Something new and different, challenging our minds and ideas of what a "real" mountain bike should be. Some of us resist this challenge, we don't even want to try it to see if we like it. We just make excuses to ourselves and others so that we don't have to step outside our own little comfortable world and take the risk to find out if it really is better. Life is all about taking risks. If we don't do this, we never learn new skills and have new experiences. Sometimes we find that the new thing is not for us, but at least we can say that we tried it out. 29'ers need to be tried out, need to be ridden before making opinions about them. Who knows .... maybe, just maybe .... you might like them, like I do... :) R. Humans resist change. That is a fact. We become entrenched and comfortable in our situations, we feel more secure in known surroundings with known and familiar things around us.

But change is inevitable. Everything moves on, and we as riders can sometimes feel as if the changes are coming too fast. We resist those changes, we make up excuses to stay where we are now in our comfortable and secure-feeling enviroment.

The move to bigger wheels is like that. Something new and different, challenging our minds and ideas of what a “real” mountain bike should be.

Some of us resist this challenge, we don’t even want to try it to see if we like it.

We just make excuses to ourselves and others so that we don’t have to step outside our own little comfortable world and take the risk to find out if it really is better.

Life is all about taking risks. If we don’t do this, we never learn new skills and have new experiences.

Sometimes we find that the new thing is not for us, but at least we can say that we tried it out.

29′ers need to be tried out, need to be ridden before making opinions about them.

Who knows …. maybe, just maybe …. you might like them, like I do… :)

R.

]]> By: axeman http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12796 axeman Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:35:52 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12796 Hey Ted, I totally agree with you on the 29" wheel in the tighter terrain. I was talking to some friends and thats the first point (myth) they brought up to justify not liking 29ers, then the heavy bike, heavy wheels argument was trotted out even though my ride/wheel set was comfortably lighter than their race bikes. And as for the Zealot myth ...... Change is just too hard for some people and changing their minds is even harder. Hey Ted, I totally agree with you on the 29″ wheel in the tighter terrain.
I was talking to some friends and thats the first point (myth) they brought up to justify not liking 29ers, then the heavy bike, heavy wheels argument was trotted out even though my ride/wheel set was comfortably lighter than their race bikes.
And as for the Zealot myth …… Change is just too hard for some people and changing their minds is even harder.

]]> By: dave http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12795 dave Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:28:49 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/03/21/musings-on-29er-myths/#comment-12795 I agree with the argument for the 29er doing just fine in tight sections. I do a lot of cyclocross racing. I started out 4 years ago using a 26" mtb...thought that would be advantageous on technical courses. Much to my surprise, it was the opposite. The 700c wheel seems to take tight corners with much more stability and speed (cross courses are well known for being full of 180 degree turns). I also don't see why everyone is using such beefy (heavy wheels) for XC 29ers. I'm about to put on a set of Neuvation M28 aero2 road wheels (1700 gms/set). They are inexpensive and supposedly John's strongest wheel (see his web site (www.neuvationcycling.com) I'll keep posted on how they perform... Dave I agree with the argument for the 29er doing just fine in tight sections. I do a lot of cyclocross racing. I started out 4 years ago using a 26″ mtb…thought that would be advantageous on technical courses. Much to my surprise, it was the opposite. The 700c wheel seems to take tight corners with much more stability and speed (cross courses are well known for being full of 180 degree turns).

I also don’t see why everyone is using such beefy (heavy wheels) for XC 29ers. I’m about to put on a set of Neuvation M28 aero2 road wheels (1700 gms/set). They are inexpensive and supposedly John’s strongest wheel (see his web site (www.neuvationcycling.com) I’ll keep posted on how they perform…

Dave

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