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26" 27.5" and 29" Wheels and mtb's.


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Only now? So barefeet running isn't the only thing you do slowly.

 

I am scared of doing anything barefoot after I read someone cursing another to having to walk barefoot over Lego. That brought back bad memories. :(

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I am scared of doing anything barefoot after I read someone cursing another to having to walk barefoot over Lego. That brought back bad memories. :(

 

With your record, aren't you scared of leaving the bed?

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My hair has started growing back since I been on a twentynaainer - gonna have a mullet soon :rolleyes:

 

...just another one of their many benefits. Like did you know that 29ers help put a stop to unplanned pregnancy in stray dogs?

 

...and the reason they cost more, is cos for every 29er purchased, a McMeal is donated to a starving child in Beverly Hills.

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29ers were invented by marketing gurus with the purpose of selling 2 bikes to every mountainbiker. Do you really think Burry (chooses) to ride a 29 or a 26 for different races... He gets given two different bikes, one for marathon and the other for XC so that YOU think you also need two bikes.

 

The 2 minute "experiment" is without trying to be offensive the most useless comparison ever (coming from a nerdy science minded guy).

 

So buy the bike you like or the bike that is on special, 26 or 29, just don't buy both! Otherwise you give those marketing guys exactly what they wanted to achieve and you are the douche that fell for it R20k later.

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29ers were invented by marketing gurus with the purpose of selling 2 bikes to every mountainbiker. Do you really think Burry (chooses) to ride a 29 or a 26 for different races... He gets given two different bikes, one for marathon and the other for XC so that YOU think you also need two bikes.

 

The 2 minute "experiment" is without trying to be offensive the most useless comparison ever (coming from a nerdy science minded guy).

 

So buy the bike you like or the bike that is on special, 26 or 29, just don't buy both! Otherwise you give those marketing guys exactly what they wanted to achieve and you are the douche that fell for it R20k later.

 

I'd rather have a wobble of bicycles that would cover nearly ever set of conditions and terrain, rather than just one, thank you very much. :D

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29ers were invented by marketing gurus with the purpose of selling 2 bikes to every mountainbiker. Do you really think Burry (chooses) to ride a 29 or a 26 for different races... He gets given two different bikes, one for marathon and the other for XC so that YOU think you also need two bikes.

 

The 2 minute "experiment" is without trying to be offensive the most useless comparison ever (coming from a nerdy science minded guy).

 

So buy the bike you like or the bike that is on special, 26 or 29, just don't buy both! Otherwise you give those marketing guys exactly what they wanted to achieve and you are the douche that fell for it R20k later.

 

Seriously, Rudi-h?

 

:rolleyes:

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Admitting that gnarly is a mate is like coming out of the closet all on its own.

HEY! I'm not a homo nor a bigot! Some of my best mates are fags. (Gnarly being one of them)

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Was it on that 'technical' rocky bump thing they put in to test 29er 'rolling resistance?

 

Shame. Sorry man.

 

Practice - Giba KZN is calling when you are down "by die see". :D

 

haha...no it is where a descent was with very very lose dusty sand and then it turns right so my wheel just gave way.....for some reason the bushes next to it were flat already....so I think loads of people with their 29ers must have fallen there ;)

 

the rocky section was quite cool ;)

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Marketing hype / faster / more comfortable.......

Which ever way you look at it, you might as well accept it, cause you wont be able to buy a 26" in a couple of years!!!

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