27.5 V 29 hmmmm…

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27.5 V 29 hmmmm…
rOcKeTdOg
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27.5 x 2.35 against 29 x 2.25,both Nobby Nic, there’s not much in it is there??

hmmmm

believe the hype 😉

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
Full Member

,both ~~Nobby Nic~~Schwalbe

Posted 11 years ago

aracer
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Do you reckon a narrow enough 29er tyre could make the trails come alive?

Posted 11 years ago

unknown
Free Member

Seriously? Again?

Posted 11 years ago

nmdbasetherevenge
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Says hans dampf on the tyre, are you on the beers?

Posted 11 years ago

cbmotorsport
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Bit overbiked for the park???

Posted 11 years ago

belugabob
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The 27.5 is nearer than the 29, so you have to allow for perspective 😉

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
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nmdbasetherevenge – Member

Says hans dampf on the tyre, are you on the beers?

are you?*

*try reading more than one post 😉

cbmotorsport – Member

Bit overbiked for the park??

not for the tea and cake stop though

Posted 11 years ago

uselesshippy
Free Member

Its got to be said, my mates norco made more sense when he put the massive Hans dampfs on it. But it didn’t make as much difference as that PIC suggests.

Posted 11 years ago

kimbers
Full Member

My 650b wheels with 2.4 highrollers measure 28.5″

Posted 11 years ago

DT78
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Bit overbiked for the park???

*chuckle*

I thought the same 🙂

Posted 11 years ago

asterix
Free Member

The 27.5 is nearer than the 29, so you have to allow for perspective

Posted 11 years ago

avdave2
Full Member

The 29er is nearly a whole bike length ahead of the 27.5, you wouldn’t need a photo finish to sort that one out, it’s clearly a lot faster.

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
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DT78 – Member

Bit overbiked for the park???

*chuckle*

I thought the same

most of the rest of the “park” looks like this though

Posted 11 years ago

jaymoid
Full Member

What head angle for the park?

Posted 11 years ago

kimbers
Full Member

rocketdog only rides park

Posted 11 years ago

cbmotorsport
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Hitting that tree must have hurt..

Posted 11 years ago

andyl
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the difference in the wheel sizes is more pronounced on the further away shot. Up close seems to be distorting it a bit.

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
Full Member

more footy pitch,bowling green, pavillion and pitch n putt riding here

Posted 11 years ago

jaymoid
Full Member

^ That does look like a fun park

Posted 11 years ago

bikebouy
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Me likee the dark colored looking bike 😉

Posted 11 years ago

cbmotorsport
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Aww…. we didn’t mean it rOcKy

Posted 11 years ago

limburger
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Hitting that tree must have hurt..

No worries, it just hasn’t been photoshopped very well. The second one with the yellow bike (oops!) is a bit better, but the head is way too large for that body (which is Gee Atherton’s, I believe).
8)

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
Full Member

but the head is way too large for that body (which is Gee Atherton’s, I believe)

you have made Ben’s day 😀

Posted 11 years ago

mudmonster
Free Member

The HD’s look a lot fatter then the NN’s

Posted 11 years ago

shortcut
Full Member

Ahhh but did the trail develop a pulse and start breathing when you got on the 27.5er?

Posted 11 years ago

JohnClimber
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asterix – Member

The 27.5 is nearer than the 29, so you have to allow for perspective

Funniest post reply EVER……

RocketDog, just get yourself a Fat Bike and stop worrying, you know you NEED one

Posted 11 years ago

richieokeefe1
Free Member

650b is aload of tosh , I’ve owned it and it’s rubbish , they should of kept 26inch and 29ers

Posted 11 years ago

rOcKeTdOg
Full Member

RocketDog, just get yourself a Fat Bike and stop worrying, you know you NEED one

too mainstream now John

Posted 11 years ago

JCL
Free Member

There is definitely not a lot in it when you put a much smaller tyre (don’t believe the numbers) on the 29″ and place it behind the 650b bike. Funny enough that headtube on the 650b bike looks like it would be too big for the 29″ too 😉

Posted 11 years ago

luke1688
Full Member

Lickeys rocketdog?

Posted 11 years ago

takisawa2
Full Member

I recognise that place.

(RD’s pic, not the caravan )

Posted 11 years ago

steve_b77
Free Member

Massive tyre closer to the lense appears almost as big as slightly smaller one further away shocker

Posted 11 years ago

soulstealer
Free Member

The blue heckler is mine, ridden exclusively 26″ until today. All I have to say is that wheel size doesn’t matter one bit, but the smile on my face that just won’t go away after today’s ride does!

Posted 11 years ago

aracer
Free Member

All I have to say is that wheel size doesn’t matter one bit

Burn the witch.

Posted 11 years ago

tenfoot
Full Member

I have one bike with a 26″ 2.4 high roller and another with a 650B 2.1 racing ralph. The difference in circumference for these is also negligible. The only difference I can see at the moment is that the racing ralphs will probably end in a slippery death for me due to the volume of mud around the Kent trails

Posted 11 years ago

schmiken
Full Member

I struggle to see why the same argument (which is inherently flawed) is made again and again. Try putting the same tyre of the same width on a (more or less) identical rim and then make your point.

Say for example a 26, 27.5, and 29 Schwalbe Racing Ralph on ZTR Crests at 30psi – then feel free to spout as much nonsense as you like.

Comparing different tyres on rims with different profiles is just stupid.

Posted 11 years ago

somafunk
Full Member

My 26″ x 2.35 hans dampf measures 27.25 inches on a stans crest, can i join the 27.5″ trail comes alive debate or does my lack of .25 of an inch mean i’m cast aside with all the other wannabe 26″ riding freaks?.

Posted 11 years ago

schmiken
Full Member

Also, forgot to mention this, all the tyres should be the same width.

Can we actually get the measurements of a 26, 27.5 and 29 x 2.25 on Crests at 30 psi? Then we can finally put this stupid debate to bed.

Posted 11 years ago

steve_b77
Free Member

My Bonty TLR 29-4 on a 19mm internal width rim measures 29.5″. Can I join the almost Krampus club?

Posted 11 years ago