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Tyres aren't and won't be an issue in my view for a long time into the future, if ever. The four cross and dirt jump standard is still 26, and there's plenty of knobbly variants of those that are still being made. If you go to big manufacturers websites you'll see they are still offering 26 options.
Forks with straight steerers may be an issue but if you absolutely must keep the steerer you have and buy new lowers and internals.
When you consider the number of rampage competitors using 26 last weekend it's clear it's not being phased out as a standard.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/au/en/rims/mtb-rims?f=2258,4294957536
Massive shortage of 33 rims to choose from 😉
and only 106 tyres
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/au/en/tyres?f=2258,4294957536
The only obsolete thing I've seen is straight steerers being a problem.
But in simple terms I just went 650 boost on my new bike as I was ready for a new bike, no need for sentimentality or anger out there.
@mikewsmith - thanks for offering to buy me 106 sets of tyres, so that I can try them all and find out which work (tubeless) with my rims 😉
You can have all the ones in my store, just pop over and collect them.
The comment was for some of the others though 😉 No shortage of good kit out there for 26, just not all the same. Plenty of things I used to use have been discontinued not just due to size reasons.
idiotdogbrain- awesome, thanks!
All four of my bikes are still 26", got loads of new and old tyres for them all and just bought one of the last batch of £144 Inbred frames from On-One. I'll go for bigger wheels when I've got no other choice.
Junkyard - lazarusI also imagine you can take the wheels of 650b and swap with 26 er and no one would ever notice
GW has done this so it's Approved. Though you would notice, because he'll tell you.
Almost got rid of all my 26er stuff, celebrated by buying a 24 inch bike.
@mikewsmith - thanks for offering to buy me 106 sets of tyres, so that I can try them all and find out which work (tubeless) with my rims
Chain reaction have free no quibble returns, why not just buy them yourself?
Bring back bolted in steerers..... then there wouldn't be a problem....
@ NW trick him some more and put your 24" wheels on it
I just went 650 boost on my new bike as I was ready for a new bike, no need for sentimentality or anger out there.
I cannot buy straight steerer forks because the industry wants me to ditch perfectly decent 4 k + bikes in order to "upgrade". Because i wont they have decided to charge £150 more for straight steerer fork than a better version of the tapered 650 b.
It not really a set of circumstances that will make a person happy - and my second hand stuff is relatively worthless [ except the forks 😉 ]
I get it that it is business, I assume you get it why folk are not that happy.
You can have all the ones in my store, just pop over and collect them.
@mikewsmith - if that's a genuine offer, and you live within sensible distance of Gatwick, I might take you up on that.
Meanwhile, I've sourced a couple of pairs at reasonable price, with the first set having arrived at the weekend and been fitted tonight. All ready for this week's night ride 🙂
Well it's easy to get to from Gatwick... Just down here in Hobart
NextDayTyres now called NextDayBike still appear to have plenty of choice in the world of 26"
http://nextday.bike/Search.aspx
Maxxis and continental still bring out new tyres in 26 inch format. Next year there will be a 2.6 projekt baron and a conti DHF WT in 26 inch size.
Got these in for a customer yesterday,
Seems like there's plenty of new 26" still about
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Well it's easy to get to from Gatwick... Just down here in Hobart
Ooh - you little devil 😉
NextDayTyres now called NextDayBike still appear to have plenty of choice in the world of 26"
No Bontrager, though 🙁