[Closed] show your 29ers (includes a few thank yous from me)

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Frame, forks and cranks from classifieds, rest either the bay, new or bastardised from old build.

Wheels built by Jim Davage at Bike City in Wells.

Love riding it.

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Kona grip fail: on the wrong sides aren't they?

wheres the rear hose going on that kona???

Any Excuse!!!
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I'll post mine (Swift) once it's built 😉

In the mean time, anyone seen any good deals on 29er inner tubes - best I can find is £5 each (inc postage) - I'm after four of them.

well you asked for it......
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😆 😆 😆 😆

how you finding your giant, singlecrack?

Had mine two months and have only managed 2 rides on it so far!

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Trek dealers were doing 3 tubes for a tenner

Liking that Giant rather a lot

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straight after the build
now very soiled, I love it 8)
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flatfish
.....loving it
....so fast when you get used to the handling..its not point and shoot like my 26er you have to think ahead more.

but its a different type of bike ..faster up hill by a long way though.

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rOcKeTdOg - how are you getting on with maverick forks?

rocketdog,

are them forks 29er specific or do 29er wheels just fit it them?

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OK, so who's using 26" tubes in their 29er - one of my mates just told me that's what he's been doing for the last couple of years without trouble.

sorry, tubeless here

i have a 26" in the front

My new one:

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26" tubes are fine. If you REALLY need 29er tubes I may have a couple I can part with now one of my bikes is tubeless. Bike Jumble on Saturday?

bigdugsbaws............mmmm mmmmmmmm 8)

[i]yossarian - Member
rOcKeTdOg - how are you getting on with maverick forks?[/i]

dunno, only rode from garage to car so far....maiden flight tonight

[i]taka - Member
rocketdog,

are them forks 29er specific or do 29er wheels just fit it them? [/i]

you need to fit 29er kit to the forks to stop the tyre fouling the arch

Ta TooTall but think I'll just use 26" as it saves having yet another different inner tube type (already got fed up of carring road, cx and 26" mtb tubes and just use road ones in the CX bike).

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taka - Member
rocketdog,

are them forks 29er specific or do 29er wheels just fit it them?

you need to fit 29er kit to the forks to stop the tyre fouling the arch

is that the 25mm spacer?

Williams Cycles in Cheltenham are doind 3 WTB tubes for £10
http://www.williams-cycles.co.uk/html/parts.html

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I do like 29er's with sprung forks, I like 29er's with any fork, but a massive set of sprung forks sets them off.

Not enough Singulars 😉

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Sam - I can't possibly think who would want one of those at the moment...... 🙄

26" tubes in big volume 29er tyres in emergency only, they roll all over the place in my (one and only, never again! ) experience

they roll all over the place

Surely that's a good thing?

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RD - I can't really see how that would be - once inflated, other than the rubber being stretched more/being thinner, they're applying exactly the same pressure to the tyre as a 'proper' sized tube.

Cheapish build to see what all the fuss is about and provide a bit of eye candy for the shop.

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Keep them coming

Any idea roughly how much the new Anthem X 29er is going to cost? and when it is due in the shops?

My old Inbred which I miss:
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And my Scandal now sold 🙁
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Now I have a 69er which is more versatile:
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just been counting back how may 29rs i have owned.
if i posted them all it would take all day......... 😆

1 x white inbred
2 x sand inbreds
1 x haro mary ss
1 x haro mary geared
1 x fisher cobia
1 x fisher super caliber
2 x surly k/monkeys
1 x chumba hx2

and the present stuff
1 x vetana el capitan
1 x singular swift.

think i like 29rs...... 😉

Ton
I can't imagine that there is anyone else who has had more that that outside of bike shop employees and sponspred riders...

Next up for me is a Superfly 100 🙂

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 8)

oh and this one (its got gears now)
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Just going by experience, maybe the tube couldn't fill the void?, Sam rear wheel washing out on a busy traffic island Isn't something I want to experience every ride

Brilliant - loving this thread. Some great bikes to inspire my next purchase.

I currently have an S-Works hardtail and like the way it rides. I am thinking that my next bike should be a 29er - so in your collective opinion, which of the bikes posted so far would be the most similar i.e. light and fast, XC orientated?

light and fast, XC orientated

etc etc

Thanks Clink - that opinion is very useful. (Your Scandal is too small for me - good luck with selling it)

Midlife crisis, why not stick with Spesh and get a 29er S Works hardtail

just building my swift up......they are very very nice to build.
the finish on them is very nice.

Stop drooling Ton and get it done

^^ wot he said!

🙂

waiting for my wheels still........ 😆

cant stop stroking the silky smooth paint tho.......... 😉

bigdugsbaws - Member
Midlife crisis, why not stick with Spesh and get a 29er S Works hardtail

I was under the impression that they are not being imported into the UK - I would love to hear that I am wrong about that 🙂

Sam rear wheel washing out on a busy traffic island Isn't something I want to experience every ride

I was commenting rather on your choice of words. In any case, I've used 26" tubes in a 29er a number of times and not had any great issue with it. These days I try to avoid using tubes altogether.

ton - Member
waiting for my wheels still........

cant stop stroking the silky smooth paint tho..........

That'd be powder 😉

I must say that the finish on my also unbuilt Swift is really nice - certainly one of the nicest finished frames I've had.

Here's my Large Niner One9.

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I'm swapping it for the geared version.

whilst on the singular subject heres my old swift, which i miss 😥
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Joolze took this one of me at the UK 24hr solo Championships

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Dalby and Superfly and again below

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Best bike I've ridden.

Matthew

Mountain Mayhem, on the way to 32nd veteran team.

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And just got home after my commute.

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that Niner One9 looks lush

It kind of reminds me of a Spesh Rockhopper if I'm honest - think it's the silver finish...

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The Niner carbon frame - now that's a thing of beauty.

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Now sold (lovely bike):

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and replaced with:

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my leightweight jeyboy 29er with frankenforks, bar ends, and a funny oval rotor ring. 😀

ragley td-1

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that niner carbon is the only bike to look right with the niner forks...funny that!

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My On-one; just about to get a TD-1 😀

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less than 24 hours until im clear of exams and we can be reunited

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Hey Ade - lovely bike. I take it the discussions on here (many months ago) didn't tempt you enough to make your own short chainstay 29er?....

I'm now slightly nearer to making my e-stay behemoth - got a final design and garage now contains a bundle of steel tubing, tube notcher, tube bender and some cnc plasma cut dropouts (that cost a whole £4 each!). I never realised how complicated chainstay bending can be and how much influence a degree / few mm here or there can have on the clearances tyre / crank / heel etc. Mucho practice with copper tube first.

Just making a makeshift jig and then the steelwork begins. So hopefully I might be able to add a photo to this thread sometime before Christmas 🙂

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Jones "Normal" wheel

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Jones Fat wheel

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Air9

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Rumblefish

HI mick_r

i have done a few drawings,, but it seems the world is not ready for an e stay revival yet,, despite the advantages it offers in a 29er,,
i havnt the time to build my own as i currently have three non functioning vintage cars,,

i have to admire you starting on this project,, might be worth practicing in mild steel tube rather than copper as the properties are very different,, before you get to the real thing,,

looking forward to seeing the pics,,

that niner carbon is the only bike to look right with the niner forks...funny that!

The Singular forks are standing by just in case I ever want a bike that looks right!
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KHS
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you keep those niner forks on that it looks great,, love those expensive forks,,,
ragley are doing their own very soon in three different types I think

that niner carbon is the only bike to look right with the niner forks...funny that!

Thats because its tapered on the carbon bike so has a beefy crown. The aftermarket ones seem to all be 1 1/8.