36er bikes

Bought a 36er Trubike October 2021 all road. Wondering how many other members have a 36er bike as have not seen any others in Surrey where I regularly ride. PS do have three other more regular bikes.
Trubike are in Slovakia the owner Robert speaks perfect English so was very straight forward to order and have delivered door to door.

I am 5′ 9” tall so regular height people find a 36er comfortable and easy to ride, very responsive bike and goes over ground easy, larger wheel negates need for suspension fork. Rides more like a hard trail bike.

Picture on flickr

I am 5′ 9” tall so regular height people find a 36er comfortable and easy to ride,

So what happens if you have to dismount backwards?

Don’t get me wrong I’d love a try if I see you about but I’m resistant enough to a 29er rear wheel and the thought of crushing the crown jewels trying to dismount doesn’t fill me with joy.

So what happens if you have to dismount backwards?

I don’t think I’ve ever had to dismount backwards? Over the bars loads of times, but never over the rear wheel.

How much does the bike weigh? It looks cool.

I don’t think I’ve ever had to dismount backwards? Over the bars loads of times, but never over the rear wheel.

There may be a correlation between the two… I find stopping on a 70 deg slope and trying to put my feet down forwards tends to precede an OTB.

Would love a go one one, don’t really want to buy one first…

Keep looking here too… https://instagram.com/36pollici?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

That bike is, erm, unique looking?

<span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”>I’m not quite sure I understand what it’s trying to achieve though..?  Glad you enjoy it though. </span>

I love that. I’d ride it. It’s obviously not meant for tech MTBing, other styles of riding are available.

Ditto, would love to try one (preferably with drop bars).

First ride on a 29er years ago was a revelation, would like to take the principle to its extreme.

Had one short ride on a Black Sheep custom Ti 36er and it kind of felt surprisingly normal but smooth for a rigid bike.
No desire to ever buy one though.

So glad there’s still a niche out there!

I’ve been curious about these ever since I saw that GCN video where the guy races one of them

Generally not bothered by bikes. But I do love the idea of one of these. I’m 6 foot 4

I saw one of these in Rotorua in 2008 in one of the central bike shops. It looked huge! The bike shop guy said it was built for a laugh.

It certainly would be an interesting ride.

As for rubbing one’s balls on the rear wheel, I had this when trying a 150mm full sus 29er after landing a jump 😣

Put a 24 on the back for the ultimate mullet?

It looks cool

Eye of the beholder an all that.
Where do you get tyres from?

Where do you get tyres from?

The internet

https://www.unicycle.co.uk/nimbus-nightrider-36-x-2-25-tyre.html

I’m waiting for the 37.5″ version. Make the trail come alive.

37.5 is just the stop gap before everyone switches up to 39s.

regular height people find a 36er comfortable and easy to ride, very responsive bike and goes over ground easy, larger wheel negates need for suspension fork.

I’m sure I’ve heard that before but can’t quite put my finger on it…

Also, doesnt matter how big your wheel is, if your surface is crap you’ll be feeling it unless you either up the volume or add suspension.

Why is the next biggest sized wheel after 29″ a 36″? It goes 26, 27.5, 29, 36. That’s such a big jump!

Look at them:

Why is the next biggest sized wheel after 29″ a 36″? It goes 26, 27.5, 29, 36. That’s such a big jump!

So they can then backtrack and sell us on 32” before saying they were wrong after all and sell us the new generation of 36”
Don’t forget about the inevitable 36+ either.

Cynicism apart, I’d love to try one, but then I am a serial niche whore.

Also, doesnt matter how big your wheel is, if your surface is crap you’ll be feeling it unless you either up the volume or add suspension.

Yes and no.
The one I had a go on I rode it down a big flight of steps.
It felt a lot smoother than a 26″ bike with a suspension fork and my bike. (fat fronted Jones 26×4/29×2.4)

I really wouldn’t want to have taken it down anything steep/techy though.
The roll over effect from a 29 to a 36 is a lot bigger than a 26 to 29.

I don’t think I’ve ever had to dismount backwards? Over the bars loads of times, but never over the rear wheel.

I have when going up very steep climbs and had to bail.
36 inch wheels will be too big for me. Only 5ft5 with short legs. The saddle will be lower than the rear wheel.

I love that. I’d ride it. It’s obviously not meant for tech MTBing, other styles of riding are available.

Other than not being able to dismount backwards which I guess you could if you just jump and don’t try and keep hold of the bike it looks ideal for a lot of Surrey Tech.. lots of steep and or rooty fast stuff .. Lots of my favourite trails just get easier the faster you go…
one of my riding buddies rides a rigid everywhere local and I usually ride a HT of some description – I’d ride my 100mm XC way more if I wasn’t scared of snapping the frame messing up a jump or drop and Andy has gone through 2 frames this year but that’s more the way he rides than it being rigid.

I always loved the keener cycleworks 36ers with cannondale lefty forks or head shocks, absolutely mental thngs but wonderful in their beardy-niche-ness

You think this is good, wait until 37.5″ comes in…the trail will ‘come alive’ 😉

Why is the next biggest sized wheel after 29″ a 36″?

Is it because it’s an existing unicycle standard?

That video segment where he races to the front of the pack on his giant wheeled bike is hilarious. I’m 6’4″ and would love a go on one but, as a cheapskate, niche pricing would put me off buying one.

There’d probably be 49ers but you have to be over 7ft tall to ride one.

Also, doesnt matter how big your wheel is, if your surface is crap you’ll be feeling it unless you either up the volume or add suspension.

Not what I found in the early days. I jumped between a 100mm travel 26″ bike, a Singular Swift and a rigid 26″ bike. The swift felt more like the 100mm travel on trails, it only felt rigid when landing a drop.

I think people forget how truly awful rigid 26″ bikes were.

Is it because it’s an existing unicycle standard?

Iirc it was as rickshaw size, adopted by unicyclists for long distance riding as the biggest pneumatic tyre available (unicycles are 1:1 or slightly geared up, no massive cassettes). They then pushed for better quality rims and tyres which is what we have now.

In all of my forty-two years of cycling and twenty-five years of mountain biking, I’ve never, ever needed to dismount backwards. Is this a new thing?

Colour me intrigued as to whether 36″ wheeled bikes gain wider acceptance, I can see the logic of it and would definitely try one out if I had the opportunity.

Iirc it was as rickshaw size, adopted by unicyclists for long distance riding as the biggest pneumatic tyre available

Yep, Ed Pratt did his round-the-world trip on a 36″ unicycle

*does that make it 113 gear inches?!? That sounds a bit much!!

I’m not sure that I’d be able to get it into the house because of the length. My HT 29er already rubs the top of the front door frame when it’s upright being wheeled in.

does that make it 113 gear inches?

No. It’ll make it 36 gear inches. It’s a 1:1 hub, he didn’t have a geared hub.

No. It’ll make it 36 gear inches

I thought that was the diameter? So you times by pi, right? To get the circumference, and therefore the distance travelled by one turn of the cranks?

I’m not sure that I’d be able to get it into the house because of the length.

Snort.

I thought that was the diameter? So you times by pi, right? To get the circumference, and therefore the distance travelled by one turn of the cranks?

No, gear inches are just the equivalent wheel diameter, carried over from penny farthings.

On most bikes you quote the real figure based on the wheel size, track bikes use a slightly different method and quote it for a 27″ wheel for historical reasons.

If you measure how far the wheel travels per crank revolution, that’s usually given in metric units to avoid confusion.

I’m not sure that I’d be able to get it into the house because of the length.

Snort.

I’ve seen pictures of you. You’re too old for that sort of childishness! 😀