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Thinking of 'upgrading' my ss inbred 29er size 16 - it rides great and that's perhaps why I'm on the fence as to wheather the N92 will ride that much sweeter - what do folks think ? I heard the N92 feels quite stiff for a Cro-Mo .. My main type of riding is local trails pump tracks and the occasional trail centre - I only have one bike and have been known to do the odd two day bike backing trip never going to ride more than 50 miles in a day .. Part of me thinks the the Canfield is more of an object of desire than a genuinely significant improvement in the saddle ....As many have said inbreds are mentally good value fun rides ... It jumps pretty damn well - which is meant to be the N92's forte - dilemmas dilemmas ..... In my head I'm still a 15 year old Bmx racer 🙂
I've the Nimble 9 ....it's very very good .....I had a Yelli Screamy as well but only seamed to rise the Nimble 9 as it was SS
I'd def get another
If your in Somerset you are welcome to have a spin ...it's a 16" as well
Oh and yes it will ride much better than the On-One
I like my Yelli, I run it SS a lot, would happily jump on an N9 if I could swallow the price.
A couple of my ride buddies are on 29er Inbreds, they ride them good. I'd say the Yelli (same geo as N9) is more playful, I find it fun and forgiving. The Inbred is more of an XC charger.
No bad decision here I feel.
Thanks for the offer of the test ride - if ever Im down that way I'll message you - £800 is alot for off the peg steel but man if those N9's ride half as good as they look then maybe it'll be a bargin ....
Canfield have an importer in Germany who may be able to save you a few quid. My Yelli came from there tho I bought it used.
Remember not to confuse price with value.
I've seen a few Yellis about, owners tend to chat like some kind of odd classic car brotherhood, but I've never seen an N9 in the flesh.
Keep us updated!
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Ran it fully rigid for a time ..
Good looking bike, may have seen it in a for sale and once or twice!
maybe I should get one myself, the UK market for Nimble has has just doubled!
Don't think this one was for sale Matt....the Yelli was in the classifieds
ah ok, could be. someone has tried to sell an N9 a couple of times.
bugger now I'm looking at the Canfield site and playing the promo vid.
it's a good job they're so expensive.
If you see one grab it ...you'll sell the Yelli then
Im lovimg the pics ! Looking really lush in black - August is my Birthday so im going to ride the hell out of the inbred all summer and ... Damn I think this thread just made up my mind ! Nimble 9 hear we come ...
Thanks for German distribution tip ..... I'm liking the forest green
black or chrome surely
I tend to go for black as I am inept at colour matching, and I think a muddy black mountain bike just looks proper.
which gives me the chance for a gratuitous, off topic, pic links.
you'll probably ask me about the apparent "magic ratio", I think it was on 34:19 with a slightly worn chain and it was a bit tight, not really viable.
if you want to try for fit, as it's same geo as the N9, it's a medium and I'm in Surrey.
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also @op, for the purpose of your sanity, please don't look up "Chromag Surface"
Wasn't aware of that Cromag Surface - looks insanely sweet ! Although the vertical dropouts would rule it out for my next purchase - as I'll still be going SS the slider dropouts on the N92 will be more for me ..... Not that I ever had a bike with sliders - I'd be content with horizontal dropouts just like my inbred - clean and simple - never had an issue loosing chain tension .. if I ever pulled the trigger on a custom I'd go for horizontal dropouts ...
There's no need to let drop out restrict frame choice for SS. I run a Surly Singleator tensioner on my Yelli - it works fine, I have no awareness of it when riding.
Since you're planning to spend a fair bit then you should probably have a look at the 2 Souls Quarterhorse as well. Fantastic looking frames imo and by all accounts ride superbly well. It's got sliders as well for singlespeed.
good point. & the Niner SIR9 for something less trailsy.
Or Niner ROS9 for more hardcore