OK so I went N-1 and I meant it, but now I have a set of plus wheels and tyres and some forks and basically about 90% of another bike just sitting about, and I got to wondering what would work with them…
Obviously the smart thing, if you want a B+ hardtail, is to buy one but that means boost, and a) boost can **** off and b) the plus wheels I have aren’t boost, because they’re for my non-boost full suss first and foremost.
Soooo. What is there out there that’s not madly expensive, can take a 2.8 schwalbe rear as a minimum, ideally 3.0 (with 1x), works as a 29er, and is for… 120-140mm fork let’s say, and 31.6 so I can fit my droppers in it. I’d like decently long, slack and reachy too.
Ragley Bigwig comes to mind- not really as long as I’d like and pretty hefty but I enjoyed it as a 29er. But what else is there? So I can add it all to me ebay search list and get annoyed when nobody ever has any to sell