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If I wear skinny jeans will it make me ride like that?
If so...
Am I the only one not inspired by that vid?
To me it was dull, yes the riding was to a good standard, but it was hardly breaking the mold of what could be done on just about any bike, so I just don't get the relevance to 26" not being dead 😐
If I wear skinny jeans will it make me ride like that?If so...
If you're anything like me it'll make you look like a ****t even if you're just walking along in them!
I have to marvel at some riders sometimes, and that geezer is one of them.
The only thing that could make me ride like that is a full scale talent transplant.
26 to 27.5 isnt worth an upgrade
29 to 27.5 is a downgrade
26 to 29 is an upgrade
29 to 26 is madness
How on earth do you learn to ride like that..even just a little bit?
26 to 27.5 isnt worth an upgrade
29 to 27.5 is a downgrade
26 to 29 is an upgrade
29 to 26 is madness
For you maybe. I can't stand 29ers and will never own one.
I can't stand 29ers and will never own one.
+1
Who'd change their bikes if there was nothing to change to. The industry wheels will keep turning wether they have real innovation or not.
Not worth flapping about really......
I want to know where the first bit of that video was filmed. Anyone know? I've seen that track on a couple of videos / photos and I can't work out where it is. I thought I knew all the decent stuff around Sheffield 😡
Middle bit is Greno / Wharnside I think? Only the very end is Parkwood springs.
duntstick - Member
Who'd change their bikes if there was nothing to change to.
Don't get this. I have a 26" fs bike that will get changed when a) I'm bored with it or b) when it's past it's best. Surely no-one would swap bikes on the strength of wheel sizes
(I do have a 650b bike, but it's a hardtail to compliment my full susser and was bought for spec not wheel size)
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Surely no-one would swap bikes on the strength of wheel sizes
That was my point...... 🙂
The industry thinks otherwise and marketing is a wonderful thing nowadays
Nice video, great frames too but obviously Cotic being a very small company can't change their bikes to 650b overnight
They thing is, they don't need to.
The industry thinks otherwise and marketing is a wonderful thing nowadays
..and people seem to have far too much spare cash these days to indulge them.
tenfoot - MemberSurely no-one would swap bikes on the strength of wheel sizes
I've met a few folk who have
Cy's sitting back in silence with a smug grin.. knowing that you'll all realize something about the soul sooner or later.
Whatever your wheel size preference, I doubt he'd have been able to chuck a steel 29er around on some of those trails with similar panache. A lot of the steep, serpentine trails in Northern England just ride better under a 26. 29ers feel like oil tankers where a tug would be more than sufficient.
Ha, tug.
26 to 27.5 isnt worth an upgrade29 to 27.5 is a downgrade
26 to 29 is an upgrade
29 to 26 is madness
Upgrade=Spend more money=Work more=Ride less=Be worse on bike. Simples
A lot of the steep, serpentine trails in Northern England just ride better under a 26. 29ers feel like oil tankers where a tug would be more than sufficient.
Now I've heard of the Sepentine in WA but not in the north of england? What are these trails???
I seem to remember a reluctance at Cotic to go to 29". They relented and made an excellent one in the end. For his same I hope Cy is working on a 650b hardtail and FS, as there will undoubtedly be increasing demand. And it doesn't mean it will be impossible to sell a good 26er. Market forces init. I bet they'll be great too.
Was that Cy as a the priest?
It looks like those woodland trails had just been cut (for this video?)
I think specialized have not gone into 650B because the difference
between the two sizes is insignificant , they can hardly be described
as a niche outfit.
66deg - Member
I think specialized have not gone into 650B because the difference
between the two sizes is insignificant , they can hardly be described
as a niche outfit.
More because they are currently sacrificing everything on the 29" altar, to admit 29" is not best would be like Giant claiming 650b is the future...
Like so many have said - stuck with stock that isn't selling.
The video is a clever response and does feature some top riding but it's the rider not the bike, didn't Cotic do a similar video for their 29er earlier this year ?
Was that Cy as a the priest?
Nope he was lurking at the back.
In a couple of years there will be a decent market for aftermarket 650b hardtail frames which I'm sure Cotic will tap into as people strip their full sus and want to plug it all into a hardtail.
There's going to be a market for 26" frames too for quite a long time to come.
Video not as good as Rocketman but then he did have a cape ;0)
The video is a clever response and does feature some top riding but it's the rider not the bike, didn't Cotic do a similar video for their 29er earlier this year ?
Very similar, yes.
I'd have to say that the 26" rider is getting more rad 😛
Like so many have said - stuck with stock that isn't selling.
Or they're just not taking it too seriously and are just mucking around. Playing Devil's advocate whilst selling the type of bikes people who ride bikes actually want?
I don't know if its the same rider or trails as the Solaris vid, but this guy seems to be having more fun chucking the bike around. If you watch the two back to back it perfectly shows the stereotype of the two wheel sizes. But it's just telly so who knows what's real.
Think the video was just as much about wha the BFE is about as well as showcasing 26ers. That Orange video put up a few months ago showed that 29ers can be chucked around just as vigorously with the right rider on them.
"Like so many have said - stuck with stock that isn't selling."
Really? I thought the vid is to celebrate they got a new shipment of frames in new colours coming in this week?
"To celebrate the arrival of our new 2014 colour 26" hardtails, check out the latest Cotic video from Steel City Media showing why 26" wheels are ace.
The BFe is the first frame to get our new Black Grape colour, which is a fantastic deep purple gloss. It is now available alongside the Gloss Bright Green (as shown in the film) and Matte Gritstone.
Our legendary Soul frame is now also available in subtle Gritstone, as well as Duckegg."
Bugger the wheelsize where's the orange!? 👿
any one else see minnaar's poison this morning?
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MTB Rob - you missed the point.
he has 'clarified' subsequently;
[i]my comment wasn't about a wheel size, it's about a video 26 Ain't dead[/i]
so really not sure if he's talking about that specific Cotic and how it appears in the video rather than 26" bikes as a whole?
Fair enough. When you spend your whole life trying to get from top to bottom of world cup courses as quickly as possible it's easy to forget that for most people it's just about having a bit of fun in the woods.
yeah looks like it was a direct cotic diss? eeek. I own 2 and think they're ace.
Twitch as a ferret on crack sounds like fun though, no? Unless you have a reason to be the fastest. Sort of why I love riding in the wet, just not all the time.
The problem is, unless you accept that a faster bike is a better bike a lot of the arguments for the different wheel sizes go out the window.
If I could ride as well as the laddy in that vid I'd be happy 26", 27.5" or 29" wheels on my sled.
Unfortunately I was born with FA talent and have to go to work for a living. 🙂
Sparklingchains, the point? you mean that noone is ever going to buy a 26" frame/bike ever again and every COMPANY with any stock are panic selling?
because all the people who brought into the hype over 29" are going to throw them in the bin (where there old 26" went) and go buy a 650b?
Is that your point? if so, it's a s##t point....
Craig is a ridiculously talented rider, World Cup level soon without a doubt.
Just talked myself out of a soul, this video doesn't help.
passtherizla - Member
yeah looks like it was a direct cotic diss? eeek. I own 2 and think they're ace.
You got the second one built up quickly 😉
doesn't alter the fact that i own 2... 1 being in the post is irrelevant. ;P
Does anyone know where the first trail in the video is? It looks really fun, berm jump berm jump! It looks a bit like Wharnecliffe but I don't recognise it!
Good, loose, balls out riding, there are a couple of edits though where he definitley throws himself into the scenery..not surprising really.
As for 26/27.5/29 I couldn't give a monkeys. All my bikes are 26" I love them all. I will continue to love them until such time as they need replacing then I will see what takes my fancy. I have no desire (and no chance) to be the quickest out there, but if I keep fit and smile a lot in the process I'll ride anything.
I want a "twitchy as a ferret on crack" sticker for my 26" bike.