Comments on: Big Time XC Racers To Go 29″er? http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: adam http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41395 adam Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:02:55 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41395 I race a dosniner and i am awesome.I piss exellence.Shake and Bake,Shake and Bake I race a dosniner and i am awesome.I piss exellence.Shake and Bake,Shake and Bake

]]> By: manchester trev http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41382 manchester trev Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:36:44 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41382 liam killeen loved his 29er when he was at GF, maybe if a carbon h/tail or epic was made as a 29er he might ride one at races................. liam killeen loved his 29er when he was at GF, maybe if a carbon h/tail or epic was made as a 29er he might ride one at races……………..

]]> By: Dirt McGirt http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41358 Dirt McGirt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:01:14 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41358 All of this is gravy. We all know the big wheels roll better, etc., now the race geeks will have to bow to our superior intellect. Bow down. All of this is gravy. We all know the big wheels roll better, etc., now the race geeks will have to bow to our superior intellect.

Bow down.

]]> By: 34x18 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41341 34x18 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:06:12 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41341 Interesting comments on the Olympics and Meirhaeghe... It is almost like none of the top pros want to leave the heard. JHK threw down at the 2007 Worlds on 29er, but admitted after the race it might of not been the right call, or it could have been his legs... Many top pros play around with 29ers, training and some even say they help with their riding. I know from Abasalon he had requested special tires and carbon wheels for a 29er for Bejing, afterall Orbea makes a lightweight carbon niner, but it seems unlikely he will break it out with the recent changes in the course (tightening up and making it more technical). Like fullsuspension, you will start to see more and more riders giving them a go, in a the next couple of years, someone will break through at a World Cup, and that will change everything. Interesting comments on the Olympics and Meirhaeghe… It is almost like none of the top pros want to leave the heard. JHK threw down at the 2007 Worlds on 29er, but admitted after the race it might of not been the right call, or it could have been his legs… Many top pros play around with 29ers, training and some even say they help with their riding. I know from Abasalon he had requested special tires and carbon wheels for a 29er for Bejing, afterall Orbea makes a lightweight carbon niner, but it seems unlikely he will break it out with the recent changes in the course (tightening up and making it more technical).

Like fullsuspension, you will start to see more and more riders giving them a go, in a the next couple of years, someone will break through at a World Cup, and that will change everything.

]]> By: mg http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41339 mg Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:25:22 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/07/01/big-time-xc-racers-to-go-29er/#comment-41339 Congratulations to Ryan Trebon, and honestly, if it wasn't Ryan, it would have been Jeremy H-K, or somebody else... The time was coming. I don't need to discuss the minutia. I ride the bikes. They're faster. I know because when I ride my little wheel bikes with my friends that are on big wheels, all the sudden I feel like they've got the momentum advantage. It's hard to deny. So if you get the weight to be not a factor, you're dialed. Period. End of story, as far as I'm concerned. But then, that's not a very interesting story, now is it? Trebon is Tres Bon, on 26 or 29. After seeing how hard he got taken out in that head-on at CX Nationals last year, it's awesome to see him back on top. That's all I've gotta' say. The fact that he's doin' it on a 29er is just icing on the cake, baby! Cheers, Congratulations to Ryan Trebon, and honestly, if it wasn’t Ryan, it would have been Jeremy H-K, or somebody else… The time was coming. I don’t need to discuss the minutia. I ride the bikes. They’re faster. I know because when I ride my little wheel bikes with my friends that are on big wheels, all the sudden I feel like they’ve got the momentum advantage. It’s hard to deny. So if you get the weight to be not a factor, you’re dialed. Period. End of story, as far as I’m concerned.

But then, that’s not a very interesting story, now is it?

Trebon is Tres Bon, on 26 or 29. After seeing how hard he got taken out in that head-on at CX Nationals last year, it’s awesome to see him back on top. That’s all I’ve gotta’ say. The fact that he’s doin’ it on a 29er is just icing on the cake, baby!

Cheers,

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