to me 29ers are just hybrid bikes.. I have seen fashions come and go i wonder why people are still dumb enough to buy in to them, seems like only yesterday some one was telling me 24″ wheels were the future, then there were those ones with two different size wheels.. all came and went. just like 29ers will… rant below people..

Don’t be silly.

Everyone knows that 29ers are just CX bikes with flat or riser bars and bigger tyres.

I saw my first 29ers yesterday in Richmond Park.. they just look wrong.. They do look a bit like Hybrids to me I’m afraid 🙁

Just like a hybrid:

Are people still arguing,discussing,trolling about this?

How boring. How utterly **** tediously boring.

Dull. Move on. Nothing to see here.

the whole 29er thing seems to be based around the fact that garry fisher says he both invented the mountain bike and original intended it to have 29″ tyres..sadly he is full of shit and did not invent it, joe breeze made the first proper one..with 26″ wheels… Charlie Kelly the guy who started the repack races was not happy when a certain Garry fisher and his clams .

Yawn

Are people still arguing,discussing,trolling about this?

Because this issue has only just come to jump-up’s attention ?

Gary Fisher invented clams?

Because this issue has only just come to jump-up’s attention ?

have been to busy riding my bike or working to notice such shit..

Because this issue has only just come to jump-up’s attention ?

have been to busy riding my bike or working to notice such shit….

“Ok what colour should it be then?”

Still, I’m sure the OP hasn’t been taken in by the nonsense that is 10 speed, or uppy-downy seatposts.

What a plum.

all came and went. just like 29ers will

and

have been to busy riding my bike or working to notice such shit….

well they’ve been around, since the 1980’s when geoff apps did it so you must have been the hardest working little troll ever 😆

have been to busy riding my bike or working to notice such shit….

I guessing you haven’t heard about the last US presidential election then ?

Here’s a clue :

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcZ9ku_wInw[/video]

I’m still surprised that some people worry so much about what other people ride. I couldn’t care less what Mr jumpy rides. Ride what YOU like and don’t worry about everyone else

to me 29ers are just hybrid bikes.

So what? To me, bikes are just bikes. If my bikes offend you then that makes me happy.

Still, I’m sure the OP hasn’t been taken in by the nonsense that is 10 speed, or uppy-downy seatposts.

Gadzooks! What sorcery is this you speak of?

I have a 29er, I also have a 26er, I ride both, I like both in different ways, I still can’t see the arguments and why people can’t accept it’s just riding bikes, ride what you want and enjoy it!

OP is right that Gary Fisher’s clams are ludicrous though, he’s just musseling in on great work done by others

Is that why he gets so crabby sometimes?

😀

Look if you don’t like the fact that other people choose to ride larger wheels there’s no need to choke up the forum with yet another 29/26 thread. Leave room for more interesting topics.

Don’t be so flippin shellfish.