Comments on: Long Travel 29″er Prognostications http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39239 Steve Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:51 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39239 This'll go a long way to reduce the suckiness of long-travel 26ers and destroy the benefits of 29er. Great, take a fast-rolling wheel format and bog it down with a lot of suspension and huge, multi-ply tires. And wait for people to complain about how the wheels aren't holding up... or that the durable 29er wheels are too heavy. Whaaaaa! 29 has it's benefits, and I predict that long-travel ain't it's strength... at least until we get much wider hubs. Or I could be totally wrong. This’ll go a long way to reduce the suckiness of long-travel 26ers and destroy the benefits of 29er.

Great, take a fast-rolling wheel format and bog it down with a lot of suspension and huge, multi-ply tires.

And wait for people to complain about how the wheels aren’t holding up… or that the durable 29er wheels are too heavy. Whaaaaa!

29 has it’s benefits, and I predict that long-travel ain’t it’s strength… at least until we get much wider hubs.

Or I could be totally wrong.

]]> By: Davidcopperfield http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39208 Davidcopperfield Thu, 08 May 2008 07:29:01 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39208 @ Carl "i want to see a bullit 29er!!" I'll second that thought @ Carl
“i want to see a bullit 29er!!”
I’ll second that thought

]]> By: carl http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39201 carl Thu, 08 May 2008 02:49:27 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39201 i want to see a bullit 29er!! i want to see a bullit 29er!!

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39194 Guitar Ted Wed, 07 May 2008 22:41:01 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39194 Mike; Desert9r: I don't foresee the 80mm travel front suspended hardtail 29"er going anywhere. I think that it might become a predominantly aluminum framed 29"er, for some very obvious reasons. Of course, the small builders will also keep that market alive. MC: I had wondered when that would be made available through a distributor. Good news! mg: Yeah....you and me are probably both chompin' at the bit over ..............something! ;) Can't wait to see that hit the trails! Mike; Desert9r: I don’t foresee the 80mm travel front suspended hardtail 29″er going anywhere. I think that it might become a predominantly aluminum framed 29″er, for some very obvious reasons. Of course, the small builders will also keep that market alive.

MC: I had wondered when that would be made available through a distributor. Good news!

mg: Yeah….you and me are probably both chompin’ at the bit over …………..something! ;)

Can’t wait to see that hit the trails!

]]> By: Davidcopperfield http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39192 Davidcopperfield Wed, 07 May 2008 22:28:39 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39192 I wanna a Nomad 29er from Santa Cruz with Rampages. As simple as that. SC do not f*** with us don't linger too much :D I wanna a Nomad 29er from Santa Cruz with Rampages. As simple as that. SC do not f*** with us don’t linger too much :D

]]> By: GreenLightGo http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39190 GreenLightGo Wed, 07 May 2008 22:01:41 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39190 desert9r - good point desert9r - good point

]]> By: Desert9r http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39178 Desert9r Wed, 07 May 2008 15:52:21 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39178 the thing that irritates me is that, before you know it, the 80mm fork won't even be made, claiming the 120mm+ forks are "an advancement in 29er tech". the thing that irritates me is that, before you know it, the 80mm fork won’t even be made, claiming the 120mm+ forks are “an advancement in 29er tech”.

]]> By: Desert9r http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39177 Desert9r Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:43 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39177 Ok, its coming, so so where is the 29f/24r DH rig? Ok, its coming, so so where is the 29f/24r DH rig?

]]> By: MC http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39174 MC Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:30 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39174 Just saw that WB 150mm travel forks came available at BTI. That's right--6" travel 29" forks are available to the masses. Life is good. MC Just saw that WB 150mm travel forks came available at BTI. That’s right–6″ travel 29″ forks are available to the masses.

Life is good.

MC

]]> By: Mike http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39173 Mike Wed, 07 May 2008 14:58:13 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/05/06/long-travel-29er-prognostications/#comment-39173 I'm glad long travel 29" wheeled bikes are coming from more sources. Where there's demand, supply usually follows. Maybe I'll even try one some day. For me the attraction to big wheeled bikes was the fact that a hardtail with either rigid or 80mm fork is a very smooth riding bike. The move from 26" wheels with various forms of suspension to the simplicity and great riding characteristics of a rigid 29er attracted me. It's hard to find a nice steel hardtail 26" wheel complete bike as the manufacturers have all moved to full-suspension. I hope the coming of the longer travel big wheeled bikes doesn't sound the death knell for the style of bike that put the 29er in the hearts of all of us. Don't think it will and as birthdays roll past, I too will find myself asking Guitar Ted for advice on a longer travel bike ;-) I’m glad long travel 29″ wheeled bikes are coming from more sources. Where there’s demand, supply usually follows. Maybe I’ll even try one some day. For me the attraction to big wheeled bikes was the fact that a hardtail with either rigid or 80mm fork is a very smooth riding bike. The move from 26″ wheels with various forms of suspension to the simplicity and great riding characteristics of a rigid 29er attracted me. It’s hard to find a nice steel hardtail 26″ wheel complete bike as the manufacturers have all moved to full-suspension. I hope the coming of the longer travel big wheeled bikes doesn’t sound the death knell for the style of bike that put the 29er in the hearts of all of us. Don’t think it will and as birthdays roll past, I too will find myself asking Guitar Ted for advice on a longer travel bike ;-)

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