Am mtb less atm and am needing to rectify the situation. Only got the money and space for one bike these days.
Would a 29er comfortably replace both my commuter and a full sus..?
Steel to begin with but no doubt be replaced by Ti by year end.
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29er HT as an only bike..?
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Posted 3 months ago #
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I'm just considering this too, I'll aslo get a spare set of identical wheels one with schwable marathon plus skinnies and the other MTB tyres. My current list of 29er HT's:
Cielo
Surly
Enigma Custom ST or TiProbably a rigid fork, something like a syncros FL
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That enigma is lovely. i replied to your other post above!!
edit- which is now below [maybe]
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Ive just put some continental city slicks on mine at 32mm and they blew up tubeless with no effort at all. Very pleased as i only have 1 wheelset and it makes swapping easier.
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Scrummy .... but needs suspension ..... and gears
One was review in STW a few months ago - a very favorable write up.
Back to the OP - one bike for all ..... are you mad
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Would be cheaper to run, but a massive compromise on and off road IMO.
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my 13 mile commute is less than 5 min slower than on my old road bike and im faster around Dalby than on the my old HT. [that's with gears though]
Depends what/where you ride and with who.Posted 3 months ago # -
^^He's replacing a full-susser^^
A HT 29er will be a compromise... well it would be on my local singletrack. You're right though, horses for courses.
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Does he 'need' his full susser. Only he can answer that!
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Does he 'need' his full susser. Only he can answer that!
...pulls up chair, reaches for hobnob tin
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Seeing this makes me want to sell my road bike and get one of these built up with an alfine, looks perfect!
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I'm doing 32 miles a day 3-4 days a week on a Alu 26 HT with skinnies, it's a good workout, just a bit slow. A light rigid 29er would be the way to go I reckon, don't want a hybrid or road bike.
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Where do you ride and what full sus are you replacing? I'm doing something similar in going from a five to 29er hardtail. 98% of my riding is surrey hills and i prefer riding a hardtail round there as for me it makes the trails more interesting. Can generally keep up with full sus mates on most trails and i enjoy the sketchy on the edge feeling which is to some extent taken away by the full sus. Given i'm a lanky sod the new 29er AM hardtail seems like a good option. Whether it will commute or not depends on how far you commute i guess. I used to do 7 miles through london fine with a singlespeed inbred on skinny ish road tyres.
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