As in all things bikey, why not?

you probably wouldnt like it. Just send the sultan to me and Ill make sure it never bothers you again...

cos its fun to try new things 😉 ive had 3 29ers now and they were all great but im now back to 26 wheels as for me its better . still got the cx tho so its kinda 29er lol

great if you are tall, as the fit well
roll real fast
can be slower off the mark, but only the first pedal stroke
some of teh older ones dont handle real well, but the new ones.. niner for example are unreal.
I dont have anthing 26er nowadays... but at 6 foot 2 and not a dirt jumper - why would i.

hey charlie did you ever get any of those jesus cx tshirts in i spoke to you about at ssuk 😉

.....cos your a freak and other bikes dunny fit ya....... 😉

To be like Firestarter and Charlie thats why!

gil has overlooked your pink jesus shirt, i will get some made and bring them to ssuk

im not at ssuk im afraid this year mate ;-( cant get out of work and its localish too bugger

charlie, make a xxxl one.... 😉

it might be too un pc tony 😉

I really liked my Niner EMD - twas nippy handling, climber really nicely, amazing grip off-camber and steep climbs (but I guess 14st and Motoraptors would grip on pretty much anything 🙄 ), it was also rather good on very steep downhills, proper bum-over-the-tyre stuff - felt like it was much harder to go over the bars on.
It did take a bit of winding up to speed, and some really stop/start/hairpin stuff at trail centres took a bit of re-learning and a dash of 'spirit' more than a 26er.

Overall - why not? Its fun, fast and good to see things differently. I would have stuck with a 29er, but gone FS apart from limits on insurance replacement.

im not at ssuk im afraid this year mate

Pull a sicky godamit 🙂

i have a 29er Gary Fisher hardtail and it is fantastic. i would suggest though (having bought one) that the 69er ss is astounding. if you are looking then i really would get one of these, fantastic fun, bomb proof and really fast. big wheels i think are just different and fun, because they just are.

love to sheldon lol

I was riding with a lad on a 29er recently. Coming through the singletrack, I was right on his arse 'til we hit a load of stutter bumps where he pulled away with ease while I was having to pump my wheels through them. Made me definately think about going up from 26".