No, not at all.

You do get that 10-42 gives a crazy range right? It’s not like just lopping off 2 rings on the front. If you used 32 single ring on the front, and hopped into the 42 on the back, you’d be roughly the same as being in the second easiest gear on an old 3×9 setup (22 chainring, 11-32 cassette).

It just trims down the range a bit, getting rid of the overlap and extreme gears on both ends.

With the seat angle which is extremely steep and then the change to a much much slacker angle to give some semblance of an acceptable final effective angle

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/First-Look-Specialized-S—Works-Enduro-29-S-E.html

69 degree seat tube on the top bit. Not massively radical, the same as my old 2008 Commencal Meta for example, I used to run that with a 410mm layback seat post.

Most figures you see quoted for seat tube angles are the effective values and 29ers these days generally have the curvy tubes. Take the Tallboy LT for example, bet that’s a very similar number.

Bought one of the Bikescene cheapy Stumpjumper FSR 29er frames myself, just came today :) £800 frame + headset, 130mm both ends, looks lovely, they had the Evo one in too and I took about a week to decide between the two.

http://www.bikescene.co.uk/Specialized-Stumpjumper-FSR-Expert-Evo-29-Frame-6013-0-0.html

Bizarrely saw two Sub 5s yesterday around Cannock, they do seem to last very well. I think the only other older bike I spotted was an old style ~2001ish Marin full sus which is another one that seems to live forever.

Very content with my Five, 6’6″, no interest in the Five 29er. If I was getting a 29er full sus frame I’d rather get something a bit lighter to offset the extra wheel weight.

Bizarrely, the only health professionals I’ve ever spoken with, namely doctors and gym staff have been strong advocates of this “eat less, move more” diet the OP used.

Maybe whitepapers don’t still get written on it as it’s painfully obvious and must have been known for a good few thousand years. Come to think of it, I’ve noticed a distinct lack of recent evidence that the earth isn’t flat. Makes you wonder?

I bought a cheap plastic one from eBay originally, it covered the buttons and was generally a bit crap. Shelled out on the official bumper direct from Google and really like it, much prefer the shape of the phone with it on. It doesn’t cover the back but it covers the edges of the glass.

I had a quick test on a Trek 69er, the bike was FAR faster forwards than backwards, indicating the 29er wheel was much faster.

It’ll be 25mm longer or thereabouts… the difference between a 26″ rim and a 650b rim.

Surely that’s the diameter. You’ll want half of that, 1.5 inches / 2 = ~19mm?

The 23″ Konas were pretty big, haven’t looked into their 29ers but really got on with a 23″ demo bike I took out once. XXL Specialized are 23″ too, their XL are pretty big too though.

Riding a Scandal 29er with a 410mm Thomson seatpost here, 6’6″. Few spacers under the stem and a 40mm riser bar, but I’ve got on ok with it. To be honest, the front end is 20mm higher using 100mm Rebas than it was with the old rigids on anyway which raises it a bit.

I normally get shafted by short top tubes though, so I may be a bit more monkey proportioned.

Am only 6-3ft but have long legs.

Are you sure you’re not going to go the opposite direction and end up with too big a bike? If you have huge long legs, you must have a shorter torso, so shouldn’t be too hunched over.

Given the weight difference between a £2500 lean full carbon trail bike frame and a hefty Sheffield girder trail bike frame is about 1.5 pounds. The same as 5% the weight of a bike, or 0.7% the weight of me.

I think I’ll just stick with the girder bike, ta!

Avids are easy to bleed btw

Relatively speaking though, I can’t think of a more awkward brake to bleed. Modern Hopes or Shimanos almost bleed themselves.

Sounds pretty much perfect. I found my Meta far too sort with a high volume shock, they’re plush enough with a standard one.

It depends if you want the ProPedal on the RP23 really. Is your old Float R open valve or does it have some ProPedal? If it’s the latter I’d definitely get the RP23 just for the open valve.

The Zestys a top example of a bike that rapidly improves every year.

Back in 2007-2010 they were quite long.
2011 they shrank the top tube and chainstays, offering fantastic “chuckability”.
2013 they extended the top tube and chainstay length, the stability and speed downhill has been massively increased.

Evolution at work chaps.

Looking forward to the 2014 revision with a shorter top tube and chainstays, I’d imagine it’ll increase the chuckability no end.

Splashtop is the fastest I’ve seen for the VNC type experience, capable of streaming across fullscreen video and things. Free to download and play with on the local network. Clients for Android/iOS for tablets too.

I’m a 26 inch wheel user

Well done chap, the first step is admitting you have a problem.

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better geo on the Evo.

By “better” you mean “slacker” I assume? There’s some gnarly radians in that seat tube angle.

A 26″ bike will always generate more speed

Well there you have it folks. :lol:

You’re purely sensing it, and that’s all it is…a sense.

Basically it’s an optical illusion, the smaller wheels rotate faster to cover the same ground, thus giving the appearance of the bike traveling faster. I think I speak for everyone when I say that I mainly look at my wheels to gauge how fast I’m going.

A 29er will always generate more speed, ie, rolling down a rocky trail, less speed is lost through impacts as the wheels will take a smoother path.

Specialized size up no bigger than shimano. I am always amazed when it gets repeated so often on shoe threads.

Are you saying this from the experience of wearing both brands at the top end of the scale? I wear Specialized 48s as well and have never managed to get into a pair of Shimanos, I even bought a pair hoping that they’d mysteriously grow, it didn’t happen.

Generally getting 1-2 years out of Specializeds, the straps always end up dying. The new 2012 ones seem much softer than the older style ones sadly.

Raw Scandal 29er frame? Similar sizing* and I’ve never had paint issues with mine!

* 6’6″ here, fit well on Spesh XL though

I bought a tool to do it. It’s done 2 sims so far and lingers around the office in case anyone else asks similar at work :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MICRO-SIM-CARD-CUTTER-2-ADAPTORS-FOR-iPHONE-4-4G-iPAD-/330594047607

£2 to cut a sim would be awesome, I’d be in profit pretty swift!

If anyone missed out, I bought one that didn’t actually fit the missus bike. Arrived today, swift test after half unpacking it, miles off, flogging for whatever I bought it for (or returning if no one wants, seems worth passing on a decent saving like that, they’re £225 again).

It’s on the classified.

Toasty, the only way YOU can settle this debate is to go and ride one!

Not sure there is a debate. I’ve got both, both have merits.

I really hope the mountain biking community make their choices in an informed fashion instead of just being suckered in by marketing.

Yeah, otherwise we’d have spent the past 5 years on 150mm trail bikes with ~720mm bars, short stems, Reverbs, with big axles and tapered headtubes. Crap, hang on.

Apparently this week I’m supposed to be using wide flat bars, really can’t keep up with the tech.

I’ve never lost my camelback on a rough descent.
Lost a few bottles though.

I’ve never bought a £60 water bottle.
Bought a …. etc :-)

MULE = 590g
500ml + 100g bottle

You could take a full 7 pack of Yakult for about the same if that’s what you’re after though.

Spotify on my home PC, work PC and phone, only usually a couple of albums synced locally.

This thread hasn’t given me the closure to this debate I was hoping for.

Who says you have to fill it up?

Regardless, an empty Mule weighs about the same as a full smallish bottle.

3) If you’re going to mention physics you should refer to mass, not weight.

I think it’s safe to assume the above is all on Earth.

Nexus 4 ships with stock Android, rather than manufacturer faffed version, much prefer it.

That said I’m not too sure about the solid glass on both sides design, I’d be tempted by an SGS4 were they not double the price and not technically any better. Really got on with my SGS2, it was indestructable too, numerous drops onto concrete after biking into work and it falling out as I got my lock. Dropped an iPod Touch 4th gen on laminate flooring from knee height once and it exploded :(

If you do go Nexus 4 you’d be much better off buying direct from Google and getting a cheap sim free tarrif.

6’6″ here and always got on with XL Specialized, I’ve owned a Stumpy HT, Enduro, FSR XC and still ride a Tricross now. All really nice long top tubes and wheelbase. Riding a 22″ Five at the moment which is also fairly stupidly long, also got a 29er Scandal, doubt you’d get on with the tiny head tube given the OP comments about bar height.

Tried a Trance X and found it a bit gate feeling, no idea why, the numbers said it was long, might be the low BB on the Specialized.

Riding fast on a folding shopping bike is even more involving, imagine the potential fun (on soft over hardpack, good to firm).

Which is an unbelievably low number, and a good sign of the skill and training the drivers have.

Seriously?

Buses have hit 3,591 pedestrians and 1,219 cyclists since 2007, Transport for London said.

So assuming about 2/3 of these get reported, that means 3 people get knocked over by a bus every day in London. About 1 in every 1500 people living in London has been hit by a bus in the past 6 years.

Post it every day for all I care, love that vid :)

Anyway, back to “What light, grippy, wide, fast rolling tyres for snow?”.

Curvey downtube was the good factory, desperately reinforced with a gusset welded on was the rubbish factory.

They’re awesome fun though!

http://bikeintelligencer.com/2012/03/the-29er-conundrum-revolution-or-acquired-taste/

All this “they’re for tall people” stuff is frustrating as well. 6’6″ and I’m too tall for the vast majority of decent value 29ers out there. I’d love a Titus Rockstar but I’m too tall, I’m too tall for the vast majority of flash steel frames everyone’s banging on about. Even the top end ones, Santa Cruz XXL bikes are carbon only, new Ibis Ripley, tiny thing! Quite keen on the Anthem X2 29er jobby last year, seemed much better value than the X1, it didn’t come in XL!

29ers are just for short people!

Not sure why everyone has to pick one or the other :) 26″ 140-150mm trail bike + 29″ 100mm hardtail is what both me and the missus have here. Do think the benefits of 29ers suit XC hardtails very well.

It doesn’t stop me wanting a Nerve 29er though sadly.

http://www.btwin.com/en/cross-country-mtb/3830-rockrider-99.html#product-informations

the lightest XC fork in the world

Cushioning
NEW system, 110mm rear, 120mm front: for enjoying performance in comfort!

They always deliver with the captions on there.

Has it got some sort of strange eccentric linkage? Thought it was a single pivot until I had a peep at the pics.

$600? Is this going to do the straight $ -> £ we normally get? As the comments mention, surely get a Gravity Dropper?

It’s a different focus though, there’s a lot more electronics projects on the Aruduio and a lot less games/fun related stuff. Guess it depends which perspective you’re looking at it from, as a games programmer I’d go Pi by a mile :)

If he ever made anything fun he could chuck it on the store. Bit of a distant goal, but space invaders or something would get on there.

On the plus side there’s stacks of resources floating around the net for the Pi though. Sounds like a top pressie to me, even if he doesn’t like the techy side he can get some games on it to play about with.

No worry of formatting to be honest, the whole OS lives on the sdcard, you just flash a new image on and you’re off again! To be honest, breaking it a few times just show’s he’s trying, it’s like the falling off analogy :)

In our local primary school we’ve got Windows XP running on a RPi

Running inside an emulator/vmware? ARM?