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  • 29" wheels in a 456carbon?
  • spicer
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    Has anyone tried this?
    I was toying with the idea of getting a cheap 29er, but thought a 29″ wheel might fit in the huge amounts of space in the 456 I have.

    I’m riding it with rigid 29″ forks (similar a-c of a 140mm fork)… wondering if it will be a bit slack?! I remember trying a 29″ wheel on the front with 26″ back a few years ago. It was horrific…

    Any experiences welcome!

    Posted 8 years ago
    spicer
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    Aaaanyone? 🙂

    Posted 8 years ago
    swan0mighty
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    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/c456-29er

    Posted 8 years ago
    spicer
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    I’m not sure how my search missed that 😳 thanks

    Posted 8 years ago
    spicer
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    Theres not actually any ride feedback there, anyone else tried this?

    Posted 8 years ago
    andyl
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    Surely the BB height is just going to be ridiculous? Or was that the conclusion in the link above?

    You could do a 69er but I would use a 26″ rigid fork (445mm a-c) to keep it from going too high.

    Posted 8 years ago
    spicer
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    Pretty much the conclusion, but how does that relate to it riding on the trail?

    I already have a 29″ rigid fork, so I’ll just use that, the idea is a cheap conversion if it’ll ride ok. As I mentioned I’ve tried it as a 69er and it was horiffiic! Steering was incredibly slow. By jacking the back up with a 29″ wheel it should steepen the head angle back up, but I’ve no idea how that would ride…

    Posted 8 years ago
    chakaping
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    The downsides would be poor climbing, precarious feeling on techy descents and general feeling of being perched.

    And it will probably want to highside you in corners.

    Posted 8 years ago
    spicer
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    Hmmm considering the terrain it’ll be used for (local xc) it sounds like it could just make the trails more interesting 😉 I’ll try and get hold of some to borrow and post back when I’ve had a go

    Posted 8 years ago
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