Comments on: Trek’s 69er: First Impressions http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:07:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: name:este http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-13954 name:este Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:50:05 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/#comment-13954 Nice legs, they even match your shorts. Nice legs, they even match your shorts.

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-13949 Guitar Ted Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:58:37 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/#comment-13949 For those reading this that are curious, look for a few enlightening comments from Brendan Collier, his wife Mary, and Heather Irminger cocerning the 69er platform, women in mountain biking, and racing. Good stuff that will be posted up in a few days from now, with all luck. Thanks! For those reading this that are curious, look for a few enlightening comments from Brendan Collier, his wife Mary, and Heather Irminger cocerning the 69er platform, women in mountain biking, and racing. Good stuff that will be posted up in a few days from now, with all luck. Thanks!

]]> By: name:este http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-13895 name:este Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:27:31 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/#comment-13895 69ers are hardly a new idea. The 29" Nano mould was hardly cooled off before they were being tried out because it was the only way to retro a 29" wheel on to the current crop of bikes at the time. I know I tried it 7 years ago and it felt like a turd compared to a bike with the same size wheels, 26 or 29. But that is just my experience and others obviously vary. At the end of the day it is a bike, not much unlike any other in that it has two wheels, a frame, some brakes, a drivetrain a seat and handlebars. If Trek thinks it has potential I am for sure not going to tell them not to do it. 69ers are hardly a new idea. The 29″ Nano mould was hardly cooled off before they were being tried out because it was the only way to retro a 29″ wheel on to the current crop of bikes at the time. I know I tried it 7 years ago and it felt like a turd compared to a bike with the same size wheels, 26 or 29. But that is just my experience and others obviously vary. At the end of the day it is a bike, not much unlike any other in that it has two wheels, a frame, some brakes, a drivetrain a seat and handlebars. If Trek thinks it has potential I am for sure not going to tell them not to do it.

]]> By: trev http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-13894 trev Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:07:58 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/#comment-13894 why do you always give this concept the sh*ts! not every one likes 29ers, not everyone likes this idea, but give it a rest, your getting boring now. i like 96ers, but im getting another 29er, i know it wont accelerate as quick as the 96er but it will have some other benefits of a bigger wheel, just like it will have some negatives compared to a small wheel, but no doubt im gonna enjoy riding BOTH of them. everyone knows you love 29ers, please stop slagging any new ideas off...............its starting to get annoying. why do you always give this concept the sh*ts! not every one likes 29ers, not everyone likes this idea, but give it a rest, your getting boring now. i like 96ers, but im getting another 29er, i know it wont accelerate as quick as the 96er but it will have some other benefits of a bigger wheel, just like it will have some negatives compared to a small wheel, but no doubt im gonna enjoy riding BOTH of them. everyone knows you love 29ers, please stop slagging any new ideas off……………its starting to get annoying.

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-13891 Cloxxki Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:01:13 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2007/04/12/treks-69er-first-impressions/#comment-13891 So, what IS the idea with the smaller rear wheel? Trek is doing a whole line-up of these bikes, WHY? So, they sold fifty+ 69ers. How many would that have been in 29"? Twelve? Twelve hundred? So, what IS the idea with the smaller rear wheel?
Trek is doing a whole line-up of these bikes, WHY?

So, they sold fifty+ 69ers. How many would that have been in 29″? Twelve? Twelve hundred?

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