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Looking at buying a 629 for commuting and local blast duties and was wondering if anyone on here has one.
If so do any of you know if the rockshox xc32 100mm fork can be adjusted up to 120mm as the top range 929 comes with a 120fork as standard.
Cheers
Steve
Five hundred and twenty nine million six hundred and twenty nine thousand seven hundred and twenty nine reviews might be a bit ambitious. Don't think they've sold that many...
That's a lot of reviews. Have they sold that many bikes?
Edit: Damn!!! 14 seconds. 14 BLOODY seconds!!!
Doh
Gotta get up early in the morning to catch me, scotroutes 😉
Sorry OP, I have no useful answer to your question.
I test rode one and liked it a lot but wanted & bought the 929. Thought the top tube quite high, but handled really well & would have bought one if I couldn't have got the 929.
The 929 is a different frame though, not just some bolted on 120mm forks 😀
Check them out 2nd hand, prices are quite keen.. saving money for some better 100mm forks 😀
Yep the one I'm looking at is second hand.
I've got one - it's my first proper MTB as I'm new to this stuff - I like it, but have nothing to compare it to, other than an 8yr Trek 3700...
I have a 2014 529, bought after a very long time away from cycling as a 're-entry level' bike and, indeed, a first ever mountain bike. I bought it just under a year ago and it is used exclusively for chewing through the miles. It is tough as old boots and tolerant of the relative lack of maintenance I give it. It does feel a bit heavy and sluggish compared with the carbon 29-er hardtail I treated myself to at the end of last summer, but that was more than 3 x the price. However, the 529 was sufficiently good fun that it convinced me that I wanted to splash the cash on the carbon bike.
Since the weather turned properly wintry I have mainly used the 529 because my normal riding has deteriorated into a mush of grit, water, snow and ice, which does seem pretty hard on the bike. I did use it a lot over the Spring and Summer last year and it needed little looking after in the nicer weather.
I can see the 529 being a 'bad conditions' bike and the carbon one a 'less bad conditions' bike (we live in what my brother-in-law calls the Bleak Peak so crap weather is possible all year round) so I expect both will see significant use. I can't really comment on its ability to handle fiddly going.
Hope this helps