[Closed] Long travel full suss 29er's ... show me yours.

I'm amazed you don't suffer from flex issues with that fork and those wheels...

Is 135-160 long travel?

Resting.
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Moving.
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Trailmincing.
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Nice action shots.

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Blimey Stu - what you got in that back pack?

Edit: Oops, second look and it smaller that I first thought... carry on

Lenz Behemoth 5"

Crap, don't waste your time on one of those

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Couldn't quite work out how to upload the pic properly 😕

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Still working on this- it's massive and heavy and kinda hard work tbh but it's bloody awesome in a straight line and pretty damn good at techy stuff. Still can't make it work in nontechnical squiggles, I always put it in the wrong places. First ride out I was doing personal bests in one place and riding into trees in the next 😆

TBF I wanted a Remedy or a Five. But this was cheap!

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I quite like the BMC Northwind. Is it your only bike ?

They're quite rare those BMCs - good suspension design (though I think they're shorter travel than they claim)!

@Renton... Nah, got my hardtail and xc racy thing too. TBH I'm going from a fairly short 26er to a bloomin long 29er with more travel so it's no wonder it feels a bit clumsy, but I did feel like a fanny trying to ride it down glentress red. Looking forward to getting it up to fort william and kinlochleven and just letting it run though.

I think they're not so much rare, as unpopular tbh- Evans is knocking the base model (which is what this started out as) out for £1800!

Northwind, how's the internal routing on yours, mines be noisy as hell and the headset is creaking bad to?

Mine is the alu one so external cables mostly. Bizarrely the bike arrived with no bottom headset bearing (everything else was there, so it looked complete but the bearing fairies had struck) so it has a hope in.

So basically I am of no help!

haha no worries, I've stuck mine in the shop now and told them I don't want it back till it's quiet!! Think it's gonna be the same route as you and replace headset and bb..

If it's a medium I'll swap you for a nice quiet alu one 😆

Monster truck that's been even more monster trucked since this picture was taken.
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Ignore the zero travel 29er next to it. Does 140/130mm count as a long travel 29er? Either way it's great going down hill.

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In use at BPW. Although perspective makes it look like it has a tiny front wheel.

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weird how only a few years ago 29ers looked really odd, all these bikes look really cool!

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Some really nice looking bikes peeps.

Keep them coming.

Absolute weapon, long, 66.5 HA, still climbs ok, but that's not its reason for existence!
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Some crackers here.

Mines only 130/120 😥

Trailrider Jim. I would of ended up on one of those but bought the Orange instead.

Cube Stereo 140 29er

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Yes, I remember we exchanged a few emails about it. You seem happy with the Five, so I'm pleased for you. Bikes like these mean I'd really struggle to drop a wheel size now. Modern trail 29ers are bloody great machines.

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Last Friday...... 😥

can i ask a question to all the big travel 29er owners.
do you think you are a good enough rider to do you bike of choice justification.
when i ride my enduro i feel like i am in control on it and no matter what i rode, if i had the balls, would knock it out of it's stride.
everything feels a bit slow and sedate when riding it.

i read a review from the states about it. they said that no rider is capable of taking it to it's limits.
wonder it this is so.

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Ton, I ride my tallboy Ltc as hard as possible, or until it goes tits up, I'm sure there's more potential there, have to wait till my balls have got bigger though

Snap renton

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Absolutely loving this bike and it's completely changed my view of long travel bikes. I thought it would only come out when I was heading to a trail center but it's a blast to ride everywhere and even climbs really well 🙂

Actually, could you do me a favour as your suspension setup is the same as mine? Could you ping me your shock ID Code as mine has lost its sticker? Many thanks 🙂

Ton - Mikeep rides his Enduro pretty well, that's taken at the end of the EWS - think he finished top 5 in his category, which seems to be a common occurance 🙂

I take my Five29 down DH trail, enduro trails, to enduro races.... do I push it to it's limits? Totally not, as I know riders who would knock a full minute off me in a 5 minute stage on the same bike.

Does it mean I don't deserve to ride it, or enjoy riding it? Totally not. It's a monster.

However, I'll be on something carbon with tiny wheels next year for races, I@m still keeping the Five though.

ton - Member

can i ask a question to all the big travel 29er owners.
do you think you are a good enough rider to do you bike of choice justification.

This is not a Massive 29er Specific issue, every bike i own is better than I am... Tomorrow I'm going to fail to take a rigid 29er to its limits.

Mine is unashamedly monster truck tbh, so it's not really the "right bike" except when things are messy. But it's not terrible the rest of the time. I wouldn't have it as an only bike.

Mid travel rather than long but here's my Evil Following...

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And with z1ppy's at Kinver...

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And in the Wyre...

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Off to do the Techie Devil on it on Sunday... Can't wait! 😀

well if we're doing 120mm we can do 115mm

my bike is cooler than all yours

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Bikes like these encourage you to ride them harder, but if you cross your limit threshold, they're the sort of bike you really want to be on, to get you out of trouble. For me, they're fun with a dose of safety thrown in, just in case.

@Ton, The enduro is an extremely capable and fun bike when pushed hard. Sometimes I feel like it could take a rider that's a bit stronger to push it to its limits and extract more speed. Gonna hit the gym this winter to bulk up a bit and see what happens 🙂

@rickon - Cheers 🙂 - you'll soon be smashing my enduro times once you've moved house 😉

@Ton.

I will probably never be anywhere near good enough to find the limits of the Five 29 however it does give me a lot more confidence to try stuff I would never have tried before. Plus it eggs me on to go faster.

For me it's not about wheel size. It's about a bike that fits and gives me a smile every time I ride it.

Totally agree about the Five, it really encourages me to go faster and harder whilst remaining confident that the bike is well within it's comfort zone. I'm smashing all my technical and downhill PB's since I bought the Five 🙂

Andyyjh. I will have a look at the shock for you. Give me a couple of days though as the bike is all packed and wrapped up ready to be sent to my in-laws.

Cheers.

Steve

Gonna hit the gym this winter to bulk up a bit and see what happens

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