best like on like comparison i can make between my 26″ Blur LTc and my 29″ TallboyC is (only difference was frame, forks and wheels, groupset and finishing kit was the same) – both were 140mm forks, no traffic on either,
2/9/12 – Dalby – 2:24:17 < —– Blur LTc 26er – RaRa F+R
21/9/12 – Dalby – 2:17:23 <—– TallboyC 29er – Hans Front, RaRa Rear
both are moving time, was bone dry both times,
not ridden a 26″ since September 2012
add a bit of fitness, weight is static at about 85kg geared up
22/11/13 – Dalby – 2:11:34 – On a Surly Krampus (Knards, Rigid, XX1 with a 28t Ring)- was hammering it down from 40 minutes in, maybe earlier
both the below were without Camelbak, 1x 700ml bottle on the bike, with Thunder Burts F+R and it was wet.very wet in sections
27/4/14 – Dalby – 1:47:04 – TallboyC (just the reds markers, its 0.3km less than the times above) –
27/4/14 – Dalby – 2:04:16 – 15 Minutes after lap 1, with traffic and same markers as Year 12/13 times)