Comments on: 29″er Specific Crank Set? That’s Soooo 90′s!

By: Chiva

Chiva — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:22:34 +0000

I ride a 29er w/ an 11-36 rear and a 20-30-40 front. I’ll bet my w/kg is as good or better than most on here. With that said, I’m a weenies b/c of the style of my riding?? You ever try to ride your bike up a sustained 30% grade? I like mountain biking not mountain bike hiking. You really in good shape tough guys may not need the easy gears but my skinny little body does. Plus, after 5-7 hrs on a bike w/ 8-13k vert my legs are blown and I can’t push anything but an easy gear. I don’t live in Ohio. Heck if I did I’d ride a SS fully rigid:)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:33:03 +0000

Yeah, just let people experiment. Good for you all if you can push the standard gearing, but it IS harder to ride with standard gearing on a 29er….it’s simple physics, folks… so for all of you that had something nasty to say, shut your hole!

By: gasp4Air

gasp4Air — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:13:37 +0000

First, to all those who like to state or imply that anyone who want low gears is weak and inferior: If you want to feel superior, try to do it in some way that actually matters – and then keep quiet about it. Then I might think well of you, and so might others. Try to remember that there are other possible experiences than the one you’re having.

Ok, now that I got that off my chest – I too want low gears on my 29er. I put an actionTec 20T on my RaceFace crank, which required a bit of filing. But the result is excellent. I’d love to crawl up steep stuff – and I find the ability to use a higher cadence reserves power and concentration for controlling the bike. I’d like a crank that could handle an 18 or 19T granny, paired with a 30T middle and a bash ring. As you can guess, I’m not about cruising flat trails,cuz there aren’t any where I ride.

By: SCSS29

SCSS29 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:27:58 +0000

I never knew I had a gearing problem. I just rode the bike and shifted the gears and rode the bike some more. Boy what a dope I was. Thank you twentynineinches for helping discover the depth of my denile. I honestly had no idea that my gear inches were so screwed up. Now I can’t even look at my bike without feeling like a complete idiot! Are there meetings I can attend to help me come to grips with this issue. Or are my grips out to get me too. Please help. I miss riding.

By: dan cuaron

dan cuaron — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:55:43 +0000

hi fellow riders i lived in abq nm all my life. owned bikes for 4 decades. rode lots of nm mtns so here goes my opion on 29 gearing. i currently own a salsa mamasita and a raleigh xxix. with my weight 200 lbs. and fairly fit rider. ive’d enjoyed running lower gearing. on the raleigh a 4 bolt stylo crank. 20-30 -38 and on the salsa 5 bolt suntour pro. 20-30-42. for me the gearing feels exactly like a 26 inch bike. the taller big gear i never use on the salsa. and climbing out of climb’s a snap. its cheaper to built a 5 bolt crank than haviing limited seletion for 4 bolt. can’t wait for the next round of tech. 2×11 sounds great. to me the big companies would bebefit selling29ers with this gearing to ofset the neg feedback on slow accelarating 29ers. happy trails.