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  • Freak bike SS Wanga 69er build
  • rOcKeTdOg
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    rides a lot better than it looks! (well it would be hard not too really)

    69erSS by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

    big_n_daft
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    got a FS Cannondale Jekyll 69er conversion on the road, runs really well surprisingly, just a slightly high BB

    definitely fuglier than the Voodoo, lefty, ergo bar ends on risers, crud guard/ catchers

    TheSwede
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    Looks bloody slack. 65/66 deg?

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    singlespeedstu
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    TheSwede – Member

    Looks bloody slack

    Like your ass. 😛

    TheSwede
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    Thats just open for business 😉

    singlespeedstu
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    Plenty of customers by the looks of it. 😉

    TheSwede
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    Yep, making a killing while the dogging weather is good.

    charliedontsurf
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    Slack but once you stick some bloke on it. It will steepen up.
    Maybe look for a shorter rigid fork.

    love
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    I had a wanga (same type as the op in orange)set up as 69er a while back…used surly 1×1 rigid fork.
    This gave the equivalent of the suspension fork with sag geometry settings…worked out pretty good + could have gone a little longer on fork a-c.

    trickydisco
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    Is the Wanga the same geometry as the d-jab?

    I’ve got a djab and have been toying with trying this for a while

    some guy on mtbr put a 29 fork and 29 wheel on his

    rOcKeTdOg
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    ooh, that looks nice (and normal-er than mine!)

    miketually
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    Doesn’t look too bad, especially when allowing for the sag in the forks, but 69ers always look better with rigid forks.

    I can see more of a point to them when running a rigid fork, too. (Not that you need a point).

    I pondered going 69er for my new bike, but big wheels are just too pricey and more so when not buying pairs. Thinking about trying my 29er fork on it though, to see how the 470mm compares to 420mm.

    mocha
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    ain’t freeky, looks good from here

    cynic-al
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    Mediocre rather than freaky.

    rOcKeTdOg
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    at least all the disc mounts come as standard 😉

    cynic-al
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    😡

    Kato
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    rOcKeTdOg – Member

    at least all the disc mounts come as standard

    arf 😆

    BadlyWiredDog
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    The seat angle looks pretty tipped back and slack from that image and all a bit high at the front – how does it climb on steep stuff?

    rOcKeTdOg
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    Seat angle was set for 26″ ridgids, will change now

    BadlyWiredDog
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    Sorry, I mean the seat tube angle rather than the saddle, though the saddle angles tells you quite a bit about how much higher the front end is.

    It’s kind of like a glimpse into an alternative reality for me. My medium Wanga frame is sat in the bike cave in a debuilt form, but I was thinking about 69er-ing it, but probably with a rigid fork.

    The 69er D-jab looks kind of amusing though.

    Raymond
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    How does it ride? I have an old Cannondale I could make in to a 69er but apart from entering another niche, is is worth the money for a new wheel and tyre?

    brassneck
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    So is that a 29er fork or a 26er?

    rOcKeTdOg
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    26er with a 29erword conversion

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