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Hey All
So my finger may have slipped and made my purchase a Cove Hummer frame from Winstanleys, at £795 how could I cay no!!
So I was planning of building it as 650b but now think maybe I should go 29er as I believe you can run either.
Anyone here any reviews of either set up before I built it one way or the other??
Cheers
It [i]can[/i] be run as a 29er, but I probably wouldn't. If you do, just make sure you keep the fork at 120 or less, otherwise the BB will be way too high.
A buddy of mine built one with either a 140 or 150mm 29er fork (can't remember which) and pretty much ruined it. He then put a 140mm 650 fork on it and has been riding it ever since, and loves it.
I've got one too, although it's currently stripped down and sitting in the attic. I had it built with DVO Diamonds (reduced to 140mm) with a fairly burly build kit, and it was brilliant!
Thinking about rebuilding it with a rigid 29er fork and either putting a 29" up front, or 650b+
Should be pretty interesting either way...
Winstanley also have the Hustler 650b frame for sale on offer.
I just bought one, bargain at less than half price.
Cove must be discontinuing the Hustler , or bringing out a new version.
Tempted by the Hummer, but can't ride a hardtail these days, as much as I would like a ti frame.