Comments on: Big Wheel Evolution: Part II

By: Chuckc1971

Chuckc1971 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:52:08 +0000

What about the maxle? Overkill for XC?

I’ve been to Idaho. Thought it was a cool place to bike. Why does it suck?

By: Sevo

Sevo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:48:51 +0000

GT I agree with you on the headset/bb thing. I sketched out an idea years ago for such and always thought it would be a great idea.

Rear wheel to 140mm….Sounds good. I seem to remember Doug Bradbury’s early Manitou’s had such a custom hub and believe the original WTB boys used that standard in a Greaseguard rear hub on their custom bikes (Like Chuck C’s and Steve P’s customs). I agree, especially in this day and age of big wheels turning it’s a good idea.

By: Desert9r

Desert9r — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:16:22 +0000

Wonderful! everything about the 29er is heading the way of the Bigger-is-better Theory, making them even more expensive.
I am ALL for keeping 29ers out of the “marts”, but I also want more people to ride/start riding, and I don’t want price to be the deciding factor between 26 and 29 If the person really wants to ride a 29er.

By: Big T

Big T — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:17:55 +0000

GT: Forgive my ignorance but what is a tapered steer tube fork? and what is the advantage to this design?

Gimpy Im with you: Im a heavyweight biker in a weight weenie world, and I might add ive had to build up bikes that will hold up to my punishment instead of buying a bike off the shelf for years. I havent ridden a BMX bike since I was like 10 because ive allways been a freakishly tall kid, so im not familiar with the issues associated with bmx cranks.

I love beefy stuff, and if I can run beefy stuff on my single speed, beefier the better as far as im concerned. I like the Idea of the press in BB and head whatevers for the reasons GT mentioned, I like reliable fire and forget components. I enjoy riding more than fixing.

By: EuroWheels

EuroWheels — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:01:52 +0000

Good job on the article!

By: Dirt McGirt

Dirt McGirt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:12:11 +0000

There actually still isn’t a tool for BMX press-in bb’s. If you go using a HS press, you’ll have two things:

A broken Headset press
A headache from a broken headset press.

That is all.

Buford Pusser Kicks much ass, by the way.

And so does the Rock.

If you smelllllalalala what I’m cookin.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:18:50 +0000

Most of these changes are being championed by makers of Taiwanese aluminum bikes. This is bad news for the small guy who can’t CNC and Hydroform everything.

By: vichercules

vichercules — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:38:23 +0000

I don’t mind oversizing everything with the exception of the wheels.

That would suck, like Idaho.

By: Oderus

Oderus — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:09:49 +0000

Long live Stu Thompson.

By: the Gimp

the Gimp — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:40:59 +0000

Seeing as they have headset presses for the same sort of application, I assume they have a BB press for these. But if you WANT to go down that road… anything that was good enuf for Buford Pusser, is good enuf for me.

And **** Idaho… ESPECIALLY Sandpoint.