Comments on: Gary Fisher Hi Fi Deluxe 29″er: Final Review

By: Inneedofbetterskills

Inneedofbetterskills — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:11:58 +0000

Recently went over the handlebars and separated my shoulder during a technical decent.
What did you mean by G2 demands that you “get up on the wheel”?

By: mudslinger0009

mudslinger0009 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:28:33 +0000

So my rear triangle seems to have more than normal flex, I assume that’s just the way it is with this bike or have any of you found something else, say like blown bushings?

This is my first 29er, love how smooth and fast it is down hill but hate the soft flex feel of the FS. test rode a hard tail 29er and love how responsive it was. FS is a little heavy for racing I have found.

Muddy

By: Velociphile

Velociphile — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:30:35 +0000

Great blog. Always checking up. Really appreciate the effort you put in.

But, Ted,… mate,….. it’s ‘evolve’ not ‘evolutionize’.

Velo

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:02:17 +0000

Carl Martens: Hey, thanks for the compliments. I appreciate that.

69ers? (Lots of you longtime regular readers already know the answer to this one. )

I think that the 69er concept is fine as a bicycle. First and foremost, it can be fun and I have ridden a couple before. Not a problem to get one to work off road. My beef is that it still has a 26 inch rear wheel that does all the things a 26 inch rear wheel does.

Early proponents of the design thought that the front wheel made the rear wheel better somehow. That in a strange sort of magical way, the 29 inch front wheel and 26 inch rear wheel suddenly became something else altogether. This is pure wishful thinking.

The rear wheel of a 26 inch wheeled bike does the same thing as the rear wheel on a 69er. Same thing, period. And I like what a 29″er rear wheel does better.

29″er rear wheels have better traction and roll over stuff easier. they carry their momentum better and are more stable in all situations where the wheel is turning. My take is that if you want a 29″er front for what it’s good for, you might as well get the rear too, since that bike will be that much better. (The full on 29″er, that is.)

Okay, that’s my take on the performance side. As a concept, this is going nowhere. Without Trek’s support of the idea, it would already be an after thought. Trek is just prolonging the inevitable.

Your mileage may vary.

By: Carl Martens

Carl Martens — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:17:46 +0000

I love your blog and have found it very useful as I look into building a 29er for myself. Do you have any thoughts on 69er vs 29er?

By: Dirt McGirt

Dirt McGirt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:50 +0000

LOL! I knew SOMEBODY would go there!! Glad to see we got it out of the way quick this time!!
Good show!

By: Oderus

Oderus — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:38:45 +0000

That we ride harder and go bigger than you do! lol

By: Dirt McGirt

Dirt McGirt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:30:22 +0000

I’ve been riding since 1991 and have NEVER broken a frame….

And don’t say I’m not riding hard enough, cuz that’s not the case.

What does that say about y’all?

By: Oderus

Oderus — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:32:15 +0000

“a” frame? Why stop at one. My personal best is 4 in 1 year. If memory serves me correctly, I have broken 9 frames in the past 18 years. With any luck, I will add another notch to my workbench before this season is up.

By: Dirt McGirt

Dirt McGirt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:57 +0000

Wow, looks like we have a bunch of gorillas passing as mountain bikers in here.

By a show of hands, how many people in here have broken a frame before?!?!