A few months ago I sold my rigid ss kona which had 26″ wheels. Big mistake it was a great bike.
Where rigid singlespeed is concerned 29″ seems to be the accepted standard. Im just about to replace the kona and I have a new on one 456 evo 2 frame nocking about. My question is in your opinion should I just go for a specific bike I.e the amazing kona unit. Wouldn’t mind an inbred but the ss specific are out of stock.
I know wheel size is subjective to personal preference and I can see times when they would be an advantage especially on a rigid but then will they take the fun factor out of jumpy/twisty stuff?
Another thing is whichever I choose must have a set of forks to swap over to on rare occasion and I do have forks for the 456 already.
I am riding a ss road bike solely at the moment so I want to get a bike sorted asap as I’ve recently sold my 2013 remedy, 2010 sc bullit and the kona, the only one I miss is the cheap rigid SS kona. Not saying its a better bike, its just from less I get more
I want one mountain bike which will 90% of the time be a rigid ss and then occasionally a ss hardtail.
Advice would be greatly appreciated from anyone who’s had both a 26 and 29″ wheeled rigid