Bought a new bike recently? 26 or 29?

Lots of threads about 29ers taking over and the death of 26in wheels so let’s have a rigorously scientific survey to establish the facts. 😆

If you’ve bought a bike or frame in the past six months, was it a 26er or a 29er, what was it and what, if anything, did it replace?

I’ll start. Bought a 29er SS Inbred to replace a 26in SS Inbred which I was running as a 69er.

Over to you…

(And, BTW, 26 is here to stay)

700c CX frame

26″ Anthem, replaced hardtail 26″.

New 29er – just completed. Will be replacing a 26er for bikepacking/softroading.

700c road bike, next bike will be the same but racier, and nicerer. Next mtb will be a 26″ xc bike

Two 29ers.

One early 2012 Cotic Solaris
One later 2012 turner Sultan

Bought a 29er Scandal to replace a C456

26″ Orange Five frame as my 26″ Trance was going to be in the shop for a few months and I didn’t like the 29er they lent me.

29er – Second hand trek X-cal frame from the classifieds and various new and 2nd hand bits. Not replacing anything just a case of N+1, wanted an xc bike for the winter mud so I dont trash my good 26er FS.

700c tarmac sport road bike.but i agree that 26″ will never go away (damn your clown wheels witchcraft 😀

Titus Rockstar 29’er – Bought as a Crimbo prezzy for me 😀

Commencal Meta 29er to supplement a Marin Mount Vision 5.8. 😉

on one 29r six month ago.

CX 700c and a Bandit 26″ frame to replace a blur 4x 26″.

Considered a 29er bandit but the new forks & wheels I’d need put me off.

Salsa el Mariachi 29er in place of my surly crosscheck 700cc

24″. I figured that as it was my 30th birthday I had better buy something that will remind me not to act like a miserable old git. Could put a 29er fork on and run it as a 49er though… That surely would combine all the benefits of 29″ and 24″?

Results so far:

29er – 9
26er – 3
700c – 4

bought a 2013 canyon strive, tried a few 29ers but they just weren’t me, too ponderous and clumsy.

26er for me

26″ HT frame

700c Ti frame

26in hardtail to replace 26in hardtail. plans afoot to resurrect hardtail no1. (bought brakes today and sent an email to Mr Yates de Coningsby)

Kili Flyer cromo 26″ HT. Replaced Fort alloy HT 26″.

26er FS.

Hovering over the BIN button for a 26 inch wheeled Rohloff hubbed touring bike. No immediate plans for a 29er though had Cupra’s Salsa Fargo in the classifieds been a Large instead of a medium I’d have given it a go.

26er FS
29er HT

Not bought yet, however it will be a 27.5er

My SS Inbred 29er frame arrived today!! 😛 I decided to build this up to see if the 29er thing is for me or not. If I like it I may sell the Inbred 26er SS and then get a 29er FS.

Will be handing over the cash for a Trek Remedy 8 tomorrow and have a new Cotic BFe frame on order for delivery at the end of the month. So 2 more to add to the 26 list.

To be honest I never even thought about a big wheeler for either.

Giant x trance 29er, keepin a 26er Trek as a winter hack.

26er Speshi Camber expert, replaced an Orange P7

650b – 6 of them!

26 is dead for upper echelon XC bikes.. so says ScottUSA and Nino Schurter.
I doubt we’ll see 26″ sparks or scales once this current product cycle ends. Current spark/scale iterations were designed and tooled before the 650 bandwagon rolled in… sorry, before Nino won an WC on 650.

😉

I was looking at a Scott Genius 730 (650b) today. Liked it a lot……

A swing back to the 26ers …

29er – 12
26er – 14
700c – 5
650b – 1

Damn, my adding up’s too slow

29er full suss rocky mountain
26er giant anthem

displaced nothing was down to 2 bikes possibly upto more when i rebuild the 29er scandal

24″ so I make a fool of myself – according to the wife.

Giant XTC 29er in November 🙂

Over the last 8 month. A Santa Cruz Nickel, On One Inbred 29er and a Cotic Rocket. So 2 26’s and 1 29er.

2nd 29er HT today. Lynskey.
Still got a 26” full susser. Orange 5.

A 26 in July.

A 29 in October.

But that’s not the whole story, when I bought the 26 (nice as it is), I hadn’t properly tried a 29.

Now I have, I’m unlikely to buy more 26 for bread and butter riding, if at all. The 26 became drivetrain donor for the 29.