Looking for 29er!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

[Guest TheEpicOne]

Hi all HUBBERS!!!!

 

I'm looking to buy a 29er....URGENTLY!!!!

 

Currently I'm riding riding a Scott Spark 50 Full Suspension, Large frame size, so I'm not sure if i should go for Hardtail or Softail as I'm used to softail riding.

 

Please send me some options to look at, budget R20k.

 

Your help will be much appreciated

[Guest]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/index.php?app=hubmarket&do=view_item&item_id=42795

 

Great buy. Take it.

[Helpmytrap]

Stay with the full suss.

 

@Karma, the bike in the ad is a small.

[Guest]

Stay with the full suss.

 

@Karma, the bike in the ad is a small.

 

sorrry - didnt check

[Mike Bike]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

[Guest]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

 

Still need to try out a HT 29er......

[patches]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

 

and so it begins...

[Guest]

and so it begins...

 

So patches, have you ever tried big-boy wheels?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

 

BULLSH1T.

 

Hardtails are hardtails, duallies are duallies. Totally different bikes. There's no way an additional 3" on wheel / tire diameter can equate to the same thing as rear suspension. Yes, it rides over bumps and things easier, but it still has NO SUSPENSION.

 

In fact, in terms of bump compliance it goes like this, in ascending order:

 

26" hardtail (low volume tires)

29" hardtail (low volume tires)

26" hardtail (high volume tires)

29" hardtail (high volume tires)

 

26" short travel duallie (low volume)

29" short travel duallie (low volume)

26" STD (hi vol)

29" STD (hi vol)

 

and so on in ascension through the lengths of travel.

 

29" hardtail is NOT comparable to a duallie, in any way, shape or form.

[Mike Bike]

Still need to try out a HT 29er......

lets go train together this weekend, can swap

[scotty]

Refreshments

[Helpmytrap]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

I have a 29er HT and 2 weeks ago I rode a 26" FS. 26" was way more comfortable, no comparison.

[patches]

So patches, have you ever tried big-boy wheels?

 

yup, a few!

 

...and I liken them to camels. They may have longer legs, and are better for long distance, but a horse handles way better!

[DR ◣◢]

if you ride a 29er you dont need full sus...

 

Myth

[Guest]

yup, a few!

 

...and I liken them to camels. They may have longer legs, and are better for long distance, but a horse handles way better!

 

I hear you.

[Mike Bike]

Myth

no myth..purely what personal experience tells me..