Do they still make bikes with 26″ wheels then ?
I suppose kids have got to learn on something.

I prefer red sauce on my bacon butty’s but most people I work with like brown sauce.

Only if you follow some sort of ideas that are not your own. Try one if you fancy one – if you ask someone else about your other bikes, crack on – otherwise make your own mind up.

I like the idea for tame bridleways, canal paths and other typical East Midlands-type riding. For anything else I’d rather not, seems like they would feel too clumsy for lots of jumping and stuff. And I don’t like long wheelbased bikes.

for no logical reason, everything associated with 29″ wheels costs approximately 40% more…

is it some kind of leg-tax?

Ignore all the bollocks about sluggish steering, long wheelbases etc etc. Go and actually ride a couple and decide whether it’s good for you. It is just another bike, no more no less.

You will only get a lot of personal opinions here on this most controversial subject, much like your preference in butty sauce.
Your thread topic will naturally give you a bias towards 29er fans.
You may have to try one out for yourself.
If you do, I suggest you give it a few rides not a quick burn in a carpark or trail to form your opinions.
They are very different.

Some people like them……some people do not like them.
You might be one the former…….or one of the latter.

you are a troll?

I would suggest trying anything that you are likely to spend a lot of money on