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It all comes down to marginal gain-saying 😉
Opened this thread expecting some interesting chat about a long-distance XC ride, maybe with some nice pictures. Instead it's gone full physics ****athon.
Hope all the DH teams don't see this thread, they'll be throwing their new 29ers in the skip just days before Fort William WC.
50yr old, 183cm, 85kg rider of a 29er. 🙂
29er's are nice for XC if I didnt have one I would buy one. Losing weight is also great but takes some conviction post 40 and the occasional pie and pint would be missed.
You know the reason they have gone 29er in the first place right?Hope all the DH teams don't see this thread, they'll be throwing their new 29ers in the skip just days before Fort William WC.
Because underneath the external appearance of baggies and a cool laid back persona, they are all really just excited by having a
full physics ****athon
maybe with some nice pictures
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Approaching Cocking from the west on a drop bar 29er with file tread cx tyres. What physics for slating my wheel choice?
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Study the photograph above. Have I fallen off here due to hitting an obstacle with the wrong size wheels, or have I stopped for a rest?
If I've stopped for a rest, would I have stopped for a rest earlier or later if I'd been riding a 26er hardtail with 2.2" semi slicks? (Assume 22psi)
You know the reason they have gone 29er in the first place right?
Because underneath the external appearance of baggies and a cool laid back persona, they are all really just excited by having afull physics ****athon
I read the interviews with Santa Cruz and Trek bods saying they'd tested the bikes against the clock and found them convincingly faster.
They didn't go into what kind of theoretical analysis they'd carried out though.
What physics for slating my wheel choice?
It's the SDW, it's more flinting than slating 😉
Yes lots of flint, not much slate, although there was a very odd cobbled bit.