[Closed] 2010 the year 29er's go mainstream

Yep time to rebel against ickle wheels

Nothing I didn't predict 3 years ago. Everyone is now curious for some man-size bigness in their lives.

No way!

650B.

i will never happen.
too many straight thinking cyclists in the uk.

too many short arses more like 😉

Having just built up Duggie's old frame I say yes!

Highlight was cracking open a beer on the Surly tuggnut, long live tall arses!

right that's it I'm selling my 29er ss and going back to small wheels and gears...it'll be the new niche I'm telling ya 😀

Clown bike and no mistake. Even worse than a tandem.

i predict Specialized will spec 13 and 15 frames with 26" wheels, 17 and 19 frames with 650b wheels and 21 and 23 frames with 29 wheels

21'' frames in a 29r version from spesh are rarer than the rarest of hens teeth.
been looking for one for the last month...... 😐

Too late!
2009 was the 29 year.
Notice: 9 & 9? And the 2?
I bought mine 15 months ago and have never looked back.

2010 - S010
Yep, 2010 is the year we try solo racing.

Ade: get with the program; please! 😉

Ton, did you check out my link, they (would appear) to have 21" bikes?

[url= http://www.dalescycles.com/2009_Specialized_rockhopper_comp_29er_p/09rhcd29.htm ]http://www.dalescycles.com/2009_Specialized_rockhopper_comp_29er_p/09rhcd29.htm[/url]

duggie, i phoned dales the next day.
guy said the website is out of date..... 😐

2009 was 29er year, the year I sold them!

no, although there is some interest on here. how many do you see out on a typical weekend ride?

i think all the ones being sold are all by small people who thought they would try em out..........and realised they need to grow into man's pant's 1st............. 😉

Is 5'11" small? 🙂

gtkid - Premier Member
Is 5'11" small?

erm..............yes. 😉 😆

5' 11" is tall, in my house.

5'11" is dwarf like 😉

That's it! If 2010's going to be the year 29er's go mega I'm out - FREE to a good home

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29er FS bikes are the ultimate niche, thats why I signed up for 2010. 8)

anyone who rides a 29er has issues with their sexuality

Fancy a bum rocketdog?

Mines just being finished.

Been looking at our Spannies 29er Scandal and have to say I'm very tempted.

clunker - Member

Mines just being finished.

Spill the beans then

bigsi, yes but i've got low ceilings.

Everyone is now curious for some man-size bigness in their lives.

Chuckles.

Eventualy 29ers will slide into mainstream.

Just as front suspension did.

Just the same as full suspension did.

Just the same as disc brakes did.

People are scared of change and it takes them a while to get used of the way things look.

29rs are like bum sex
you either do or you do not................. 😈

ton - Member

29rs are like bum sex

And running the risk of getting banned again I'll have to ask if you push back? 😉

I prefer the 69er that Trek made! 🙂

Explosion In a Spaghetti Factory - Member

ton - Member

29rs are like bum sex

And running the risk of getting banned again I'll have to ask if you push back?

😯 😯

pushing back today, just a little 😉
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pushing back loads...............all my stable.

"Pushing back"

The frase that pays for 2010.*

*As long as you don't ask the wrong person and get banned. 🙄

I have never seen a 29 out on the trails!!! So garage niche to me...
But love the look of the Superfly that has popped up here a couple of times

if i was organising a international bike event in 2010, andi wanted a snappy t shirt idea for odd shaped wheel riders, Pushing Back On My 29r, would look good on a t shirt.................. 😉

Actually - I could care less if not one more got made or sold. I have my bikes, they are great and that'll do for me. There are so many flat-earthers who ride bikes change is measured on the geological timescale, so it'll be evolution, not revolution.

if i was organising a international bike event in 2010

What like [url= http://ssec10.blogspot.com/ ]SSEC 2010[/url] for example?

It would be a good idea but I have no idea who might be involved in organising it. 8)

Am I on the wrong forum with this thread?
It's degrading in such a manner & style that it's resembling a BM thread! Now that's not progress.

For those who have yet to witness 29ers, perhaps you're not entering the major events such as MM, SS, there were dozens of them at the Montane 100, Bonty 24, etc etc plus the club race series dotted around the South for sure.

I'm 5:10:5. On-One make 16-18-20-22 inch frames. Mine's an 18 and fits well, so the idea that you need to be a giant is yet more smoke 'n' mirrors from the BM no-sayers.

i'm in the boat as you tootall. got mine and they are excellent, thats all that matters really.

Technical twisty singkletrack, is fun, stick yer borin massive wheel towpath borinness up yer ass!

happy New new Year...........

Ti29er.

I think you'll find that a good persentage of posters on this thread own 29ers.
(some only own 29ers)

And also a sense of humour....

Bonesetter - As no one else has done so i claim dibs on the Paradox.

E-mail me and I'll tell you the address to post it to 😉

Whats that? You had your fingers crossed,,,,,, bugger 😥

And for dunstick here's a 29er on a boring towpath.

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And just to add insult to injury it's rigid and singlespeed.

Happy new year to you too. xxx

I hate those BM no-sayers.

and you sold the fork?

Another towpath cruiser.

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And the last major downhill race win was.................?

? And your point is? 🙄

Downhill racing bikes usually win downhill races, when they're a latest innovation megabollox, if they're just a niche fad, for people who want to be different, with too much brass, they'll just pass wearily by.......

fad

And the last major downhill race you won on your 26er was?

There's more to life than fat ****ers with 10 inches of travel rolling down a hill.

Oh and while we're on the subject why have the likes of Santa Cruz and Intense started to take an interest in 29ers then? Not to mention Giant and Specialized.

Na your probarbley right it's just a passing fad.

A bit like folks that are new to off road riding....

don't give a monkeys bum, they just look wrong imo...

And...............breathe....... 🙂

Just as I thought then. 🙄

I'm building a 29er at the moment.
However, as all sorts of rif-raf are now riding them and they are losing their elite niche charm, I am using a Rohloff hub to stay ahead of the pack.

, I am using a Rohloff hub to stay ahead of the pack.

Oh my god you're worse than those kiddy wheeler retards. 😉

I reckon 2010 will be the year that public interest really increases in 29ers, so hopefully 2011 will be the year that companies start bloody importing them.

I had a look at a GF Paragon a couple of weeks ago. Rather than looking wrong (as so many suggest), it really loked right.

Yeah - they look [b]stoopid[/b] - like not right at all.

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On the contrary, a lot of 29" wheeled bikes look more right as there wheels are more in proportion to the big frame.

Tootall, Im getting me one of those in a few weeks 😉

FFS people ... I don't get along with 29ers which might be 'cos I'm a short arse but that doesn't mean I now think they're all crap. I don't own anything with rear suspension but I don't believe full suspension to be the work of the devil.

It's bikes-it's all good and if you want to see something which looks soooo wrong you should see my Carver 😀

Vote for Rage Against the Machine to keep 29ers off the top spot.

Theres only one way to sort this out...........fight fight fight!

Calm down you lot. Its just a fad for beardies (or those secretly wishing they could grow one).

It'll be 32ers next year or butchers baskets or something.

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uh oh rumbled!!

Theres only one way to sort this out...........fight fight fight!

Oh no - attack of the wee people. Scared.

*imagines being mobbed by hobbits and oompa loompas*

*LAUGHS HEARTILY*

(Duggie - you'll hate it - just so capable and non-barge-like)

i wish i could grow a beard. otherwise i might be mistaken for rif-raf riding a 29er:-)

Technical twisty singkletrack, is fun, stick yer borin massive wheel towpath borinness up yer ass!

LOL

A couple of phrases spring to mind... "It's the rider, not the bike" and "A bad workman blames his tools"... 😉

Seriously though, 29ers are good in their own way. I was sceptical, had a go on one (EIASF's Jones actually!) briefly that got me thinking about them... Eventually bought one 2nd hand very cheap, and I like it. It wouldn't be my first choice say if I was going somewhere like Afan, or even the Alps (I have 2 full suspension bikes I'd rather take instead), but that's probably more due to the fact it only has 80mm travel suspension forks and no rear squish than the wheel size.

Anyway, on my 29er I have beaten loads of people on 26" wheeled bikes down technical trails, I have also been passed by loads of people on 26" wheeled bikes on the flat or up a hill. Explain.............. 🙄

I have also seen people do 10ft drops on a 29er with 1.8" wide tyres and skinny rims. I have even seen people with (and you'd never get this!) only one gear on their bike (sometimes with 29" wheels, more normally with 26", one even with 650B!), manage to ride up a hill! 😮

This thread reminds why I love mountain biking so much - the drama of wheel sizes

2010 for 650B 😀

Advantages of bigger wheels but retaining 26" geometry and suspension travel - ergo, they ride faster but handle like 26"

.. It's coming 😉

I reckon WCA was on the ball when he turned up at Swinley on a 96er (69er?) fixie.

I have to say, if I ever buy another MTB (which isnt looking too likely anytime soon) I'd not be looking at a 26 but I have had thoughts about a 29er with a 650b front wheel (to sharpen and steepen the handling)
Is this muddying the water too far?

29ers mainstream? it's getting harder to be niche these days.

I have had thoughts about a 29er with a 650b front wheel (to sharpen and steepen the handling)
Is this muddying the water too far?

Muddying? No.

Utterly pointless? Yup.

Why do you say that Too Tall?
I like the ride of 29ers but find the front end too high/ too slack on every one I've ridden.
I also notice that the front wheel has a tendency to flop/ get stuck when ridden at slow speeds on rocks and between roots .

20/24/26/29 it's all just riding innit

I've found all 29er's I've ridden to have too short a head tube putting the bars too low

Most 29er HTA's are too steep (eg 71 Niner Bikes)

luckily we can flip stems, use flat/riser bars blah blah....