[Closed] Please stop all this 29r marketing tosh!!! You don't fool me!!!

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Hmmmm let me go and put the kettle on.

i reckon you own a orange pussywillow.............. 😉

Then stick with your 26er, and let us ride the 29ers. And dry your eyes. Sorted.

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I have one of each. 26er full sus and a 29er rigid. Neither is worser or betterer, just different.

i take it you have extensively tested them?

They dont JUMP aswell. :lol:.26"ers will be hear to stay dont panic 😆

Poor troll, bad day at the office? Please try again....

Oh look... a chip! Did that fall off your shoulder by some chance?

Steve jones from dirt magazine may disagree with you and he definitely likes it tech!

25 years on 26" and now a 29" convert....... Go figure...........

Don't believe anything from the industry.
Question everything.

Look at jeff jones, he didn't like the XC replica geometry and invented a different approach that works really well for its intended purpose. Clean sheet, fresh drawing board etc.... Oh and it's a 29er...

Sincerely, question everything, including all the 26er lies you have been programmed with for 30 years.

Sounds like someone is jealous of the other childrens toys.

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[quote=fenred ]Poor troll, bad day at the office? Please try again....

Why? Seems to be working rather well...

Ride and buy what you like, oh! 29er's are rubbish! 😉

fenred » Poor troll, bad day at the office? Please try again....
Why? Seems to be working rather well

Is isn't it? Original statement stands 😉

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29ers I can understand for tall people. What I cant understand is nearly 1k for a fork.

Wake up and smell the wagon wheeled coffee...

You can spend £1k as well on a 26er fork not only 29er's but you can buy a Reba 29er fork for £299. Not too bad!

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could this be the best bike being made today? a 29er?

Calm down dear it's only a commercial.

Exclusively 26 here but a light rigid 29r could appeal.

Pussywillow if you had one you would understand why people ride them, the yanks have been
riding them for years. Also i like pissing over people on 26'' bikes on the not so tech stuff. 😆

Tinfoil hat off lad..

and try a fat-tyred 650B?

Does the motor Bike industry do the same with off road bikes?

29ers are all hype, i looked at one once so I know all about them, mostly they are ridden by people who can't ride 26ers properly and think a 29er will magic them some talent

Rocketdog........that's me that's me.......
29er here and 2.5 26ers (one is in bits)

All have pluses and minus points

Like a lot of people I'm convinced. I can see that if you're big/tall it could help with building a bike with better geometry, rolls along better on certain tracks....blah blah...

And now that those who can afford it have bought into the trend, along comes a nice 650b.....

There are some really stupid posts on this thread. From both sides. ( esp you RD 😉 )

I agree that the marketing has gone over the top, but then again doesn't it always... for everything? 29ers will not revolutionise mountain biking; not by any stretch of the imagination, but each to their own: If people want to spend their money on 29ers then they are welcome to.

I do tend to think that 29ers are a classic sign of the bike industry running out of ideas, or even just as a stop-gap, until the new revolution comes along.

Yup it's all just marketing, honest 😆

I mean if there wasn't demand for them, no one would make them would they. But then again there may only be demand due to people making them

I rather like mine, I'm under 6ft, not exactly middle class but I am a celeb in my own little big wheeled (some of the time) world.

clubber - Member

There are some really stupid posts on this thread. From both sides. ( esp you RD )

how dare you! 😛

Kinda liked those brake and shifter things.

I honestly thought I'd be able to resist this one, being a relative short arse, but now I've tried one Ithink my next rigid ss will be a 29er. Can't see myself ditching 26 in wheels for more tech stuff though

It's like fashion innit? Some people follow the fashion, some don't. What I don't get is, if It's been around for years, why has it taken so long to catch on? (bit like the Jimmy Saville thing, I mean thats taken a few years to raise it's ugly head).
So they've re-invented the wheel? What's the next invention as far as wheel size is concerned?
(I have ridden a 29er BTW)

Would you buy a brand new Ferrari just because of marketing ? probably not.

Marketing is everywhere and we buy what we want or can afford. If like a lot of us you have more than one bike why not have a 29er, I have a Rumblefish 29er full susser and love it but also have a couple of hard tails and a CX bike.

I think I have enough sense to choice the correct bike for the type or riding.

Can I go now ?

I've just gone back to 26 after 18 months of 29er.... wasnt for me too slow in the handling even with a 50mm stem and 10 feet of bars.

felt weird, almost too massive frame wise... and im 6ft1

Starsh, was it the same 29er for those 18 months?

ride a26 anthem ,tried an anthem 29er with exactly the same spec . Had for a weekend and couldn't wait to give it back, but each to his own

Brake-neck - Member
Starsh, was it the same 29er for those 18 months?

Specialized Carve for most of it & Cannondale flash 29er for a bit

on a mondraker foxy r at the mo very nice machine!

It is getting a bit boring now with all the fanboys banging on about how they'll change your life in every magazine on the shelf. That said, while the world of mountain biking is busy arguing about wheel size, road bikes seem to be taking over the universe. I'm just happy being out my un-trendy and so last-season 26er.