[Closed] rigid 29er for road

It's different, why not just get something like a Kona Paddy Wagon and save yourself the hassle of changing everything around.

yes, looked at the Kona and it's fine, just the 29er fulfills dual roles as all year round bike?

Thats a concept I can buy into although with gears

But in an ideal world non suspension corrected geometry

Pinnacle do one and there is this

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Yeah, like that, looks good and appears there's a drop bar version too. Thanks, I didn't know about the Rove.

I've found a 29er in bog standard guise to be fine. Though I rarely use it for road duties given a choice.
The biggest downside was not being able to hunker down on long stretches or into headwinds.
Used XC hardpack tyres and locked suspension.
Bar ends would be a useful addition.
Used it a lot for winter road night rides and sportives.
might audax it next year.

Rigid 29er for the road? We just call them "hybrids". Bike shops are full of them.

Start with a 26" wheeled frame, 700c and slicks is a bit small for a 29er so you end up with the BB an inch lower whereas cross wheels and 26"wheels are near enough the same size.

Genesis Fortitude maybe?

oldgit - Member

I've found a 29er in bog standard guise to be fine. Though I rarely use it for road duties given a choice.
The biggest downside was not being able to hunker down on long stretches or into headwinds.
Used XC hardpack tyres and locked suspension.
Bar ends would be a useful addition.
Used it a lot for winter road night rides and sportives.
might audax it next year.

Hi - isnt the wind a problem on night rides and sportives?

Cannondale trail ss 29er

Seems less windy at night! And usually end up in a group in sportives.

That's essentially what I have currently. It's not slowing me down too much.

Charge Cooker with a Reba forks, decent lockout. Running Hybrid rubber. Quick swap to spare wheels with Bonty Mud-X teams for mud/other duties.. .what's not to like.

After Boblo and I finished our off road ride in Idaho we drove to the coast. We swapped our off road knobbies for road tyres. My El Mariachi made a pretty nice touring platform with fast rolling slickish CX tyres. We were easily quicker than folks on laden touring bikes. For commuting mudguards would be a must.

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I run my Cube Reaction Pro rigid and 1x10. I'll post some pics up when I get chance. It's pretty quick on the road actually so could become a mutant commuter...

Cannondale trail ss 29er

Cant get the bars low enough for that on mine

Rigid 29er for the road? We just call them "hybrids". Bike shops are full of them.

I use to think that

But when I looked into its a bit more complicated. Some hybrids have horribly short top tubes to achieve that "more upright position" for the masses. Many are designed around really quite tight frame crearances

Kinesis ff29 / sync

I've used my rigid 29er for road-cx sorts of riding and road touring. Generally on 2.0 slicks. Works ok, a bit upright but comfy. I'd not keep up with roadies of the same fitness for long though.

Start with a 26" wheeled frame, 700c and slicks is a bit small for a 29er so you end up with the BB an inch lower whereas cross wheels and 26"wheels are near enough the same size.

An inch lower for road is good though, no need for a 300-310mm high BB on tarmac, ~275mm is fine. Road bikes can go below that and it's a long time since I caught a pedal on a corner. A good rigid 29er on 700x35c makes a pretty useful road tourer set up if you don't miss drops. I'd look for non-sus corrected though, fitting guards for road tyres to an average 470mm 29er fork is tricky and it's not easy on a 440-450mm.