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  • 69 : here we go again…
  • allankelly
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    So, after 'Puffer where there were quite a few SS 29ers I thought I might like a 29er SS. Looked into an On-One solution: frame (purple or orange) £153, carbon fork £125, wheels £125 == about £400. That means selling my existing SS 26" kit: 853 Inbred frame, O-O SS wheels, Pace RC31 Ti carbon fork.

    So, I'm unlikely to get £400 for that lot (or maybe just plus some other ebaying) and I don't want to sell the 853 Inbred.

    Solution: 69 dude! Took the 29er front wheel off the Pompino, put a road wheel and mini-Vs on. Pace carbon is plenty big enough for a 29er as with the 4569er last year. Bought a HUGE 29er tyre: WTB WeirWolf 2.55" ! for £10 off CRC.

    Should be a hoot.

    Pictures later this week.

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Doesn't if not **** up the head angle, trail etc, and make a previously sweet handling bike COMPLETELY UNRIDEABLE?

    Posted 14 years ago
    soma_rich
    Free Member

    I am doing a similar thing with my 456. I am running a 29er fork and 29er wheel on the front though. Then when I want some travel I will swap the front end for a long travel fork and 26" wheel.

    Posted 14 years ago
    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    I want to see what that tyre looks like on a Pompino rim..

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    Cynic: You're right, but it doesn't matter. 🙂

    For example, the Pomp has a crap Suntour suspension fork on to avoid punctures in potholes (it really helps) and that raises the fork crown by several inches, which should make it "totally unrideable". But it's fine. The 29er wheel was on the Pomp so I could run a disc on the front. Everyone thinks it looks really horrible, I love it.

    The 4569er you could argue is "meant" for this sort of treatment because it's had angle is for longer forks than the Inbred, but I bet it'll be just fine.

    Here's the 4569er from last year:
    http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=4569er&w=12602268%40N05

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    TheSwede
    Free Member

    I hope you have small feet.

    Posted 14 years ago
    M6TTF
    Free Member

    69ers – only a mother could love em!

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    Have you ridden one? They're dead good. Big-wheel rollability and flicky too. I find I lose the flickability with a 29er.

    Also it's cheap I just had to buy a wheel and tyre.

    al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    john_l
    Free Member

    I find I lose the flickability with a 29er

    have you been riding some crap 29ers then? That Inbred up there looks like it'll flop all over the place. I'm sure it's fine though.

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    Ah well, I'm happy.

    The photo exaggerates the perspective. Maybe you'll like this one better!

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    epicyclo
    Full Member

    Love it! Yet another reason to keep the Pompino 🙂

    BTW you should look at getting the Scandal frame while they're cheap – you won't regret it.

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    First ride, minus massive balloon tyre… Sorry about the mudguards, I couldn't be ar5ed taking them off just now.

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    miketually
    Free Member

    minus massive balloon tyre

    Aww, I wanted to see that.

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    Well, I strongly suspect it's going to look a lot like this one that Big Pete posted in another thread…
    http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/lets-see-those-29ers-and-69ers

    Cheers, al.

    Posted 14 years ago
    Northwind
    Full Member

    "Doesn't if not **** up the head angle, trail etc, and make a previously sweet handling bike COMPLETELY UNRIDEABLE?"

    It's not so different from adding a longer fork. Inbred's supposed to be good up to 130mm (it isn't, but that's by the by) so a shorter travel fork and taller wheel should work fine.

    Posted 14 years ago
    miketually
    Free Member

    The 26" On-One forks are (or were anyway) about an inch shorter than a sagged 4" suspension fork, so bike with them fitted have a pretty steep head angle. Keeping the 26" forks and adding a slightly bigger wheel shouldn't mess the handling up really.

    Posted 14 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    It's not so different from adding a longer fork.

    I was kidding, but it is a bit different though, enough so that some 29er forks have different rake.

    Posted 14 years ago
    julianwilson
    Free Member

    2 or 3 years ago Dirt mag reviewed a 69-er from on-one that was just made from a 26" frame and a 29" fork and they raved about it. Assuming it wasn't an elaborately worded april fool, perhaps Brant will pop along and tell us about it.

    Posted 14 years ago
    tracknicko
    Free Member

    goppingly ugly.

    Posted 14 years ago
    simonfbarnes
    Free Member

    this wasn't the kind of 69 I was hoping for 🙁

    Posted 14 years ago
    granny_ring
    Full Member

    Think I'm going to try this with my old cannondale frame at some point

    Posted 14 years ago
    nunuboogie
    Free Member

    Think singular cycles make a fork to work with a 69er?

    Posted 14 years ago
    epicyclo
    Full Member

    Of course, if you really want to have the benefit of a 29er front, but stay on 26", stick a Surly Endomorph on the front.

    To really offend the STW mob, do this with your Pompino.

    Posted 14 years ago
    psychle
    Free Member

    I'm trying this 69'er lark myself… still not finished, but here it is:

    I think it's looking quite good, using the Singular 69'er specific fork mentioned above. Hopefully it rides well, should be finished for the weekend all going to plan 🙂

    Posted 14 years ago
    bigyinn
    Free Member

    Im sorry, i realise this will have been asked previously, but WHY?

    Posted 14 years ago
    allankelly
    Full Member

    Bigyinn: You genuinely get 29er rollability without buying very much at all. Also it's just different and fun to play with.

    I've owned a 29er Singular Swift which was great – sold to fund another project but I'd have it back. Found it was for non-technical stuff, wonderful on long days out over the hills. The 69er gives you (well, me) a nice compromise.

    Best 69er I tried was the Singular Hummingbird at SSUK 09. Borrowed it pissed on the Sat evening, found the little pump track near the campsite and had a ball. Passed it round all our party who all loved it.

    The 4569er above was close to as good, and I'm looking forward to giving the Inbred 69er build a proper hammering. 10 mins round the local woods so far and it seems good. Big tyre in the post from CRC. (That's a 29er 2.1" Vapor on there just now).

    al.

    EDIT: Here's that Hummingbird 69er
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/singularcycles/2728899823/

    Posted 14 years ago
    Andy-R
    Full Member

    I second how nice the Hummingbird is – I'm well pleased with mine anyway.
    Seems nimble and flickable but stable at the same time (if that's possible?).

    Posted 14 years ago
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