Because the pros...

[nolipoli]

Actually I've found that to properly enjoy the lifestyle of cycling you should aim to have a bike of every known discipline. It is my intention to have decent versions of:

 

Road bike (check)

HT 29er MTB (check)

SS roadie (Build in progress)

Downhill MTB (picking up in the next 2 months)

Enduro MTB (Wishlist - Want to save for the Genius 710)

SS MTB (Wishlist)

TT bike (Wishlist for when I finally do an IM)

 

I certainly intend using the most functional kit for each of these disciplines and already have for the bikes I own!

 

Guess I'm more of a CYCLIST than a specific type...

 

I started out that way inclined, but have now gain a bit more insight.

 

I used to have a bike for each discipline, but realised that I could never spend enough time on each bike to be really comfortable on it.

 

Sometimes less is more.

[flyguysa]

Why sweat the small stuff? Rather spend your energy riding the bike you have with the clothes you've got..... You'll come back with a smile on your face, that's what it's all about.

[G00SE]

just remember you the one on a 6" dual sus bike , with knee pads , protective baggies , full face helmet , riding on courses with trees wrapped in pading .

now he has non of this right ? he seems harder than you bud

 

Neither do I...

[RockCoach]

 

Above...

 

Sorry that you missed my point by a country mile.

 

I just got back from my skills session where I found the lady on a 29er is actually more suited to a 26er. So she's going to sell it. But last week I helped a guy buy a 29er who has only ridden 26ers. Oh and my steel 29er is going to be ordered soon but I will probably run 650B wheels because I can. So ride what suits you. I have assisted some people to learn to ride cleated because that's what hey wanted and some to ditch the cleats and go back flats.

 

As to speed, I'm sorry a recent thread got lost which had a very objective article from a guy in the US who raced a 24 hour and alternated between his Ibis Trannie 26er and a 29er (I forget which one). He compared them in all aspects. Wasn't much in the way of time difference but the 26er proved to be a bit quicker due to the nature of the course - mostly because of the amount of overtaking on single track.

 

But yes, most marathons are made for bigger wheels. Once up to speed they are unstoppable.

 

I honestly don't care what someone wears as long as I don't have to see any butt crack through worn lycra. My personal preference is that I wear baggies on the MTB - it has saved my ass plenty of times. I wear lycra when I ride on the road on my road bike. On the SS anything retro or funny costumes allowed.

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2013 by SLiiick

[nickc]

Sorry that you missed my point by a country mile.

 

I just got back from my skills session where I found the lady on a 29er is actually more suited to a 26er. So she's going to sell it. But last week I helped a guy buy a 29er who has only ridden 26ers. Oh and my steel 29er is going to be ordered soon but I will probably run 650B wheels because I can. So ride what suits you. I have assisted some people to learn to ride cleated because that's what hey wanted and some to ditch the cleats and go back flats.

 

As to speed, I'm sorry a recent thread got lost which had a very objective article from a guy in the US who raced a 24 hour and alternated between his Ibis Trannie 26er and a 29er (I forget which one). He compared them in all aspects. Wasn't much in the way of time difference but the 26er proved to be a bit quicker due to the nature of the course - mostly because of the amount of overtaking on single track.

 

I honestly don't care what someone wears as long as I don't have to see any butt crack through worn lycra. My personal preference is that I wear baggies on the MTB - it has saved my ass plenty of times. I wear lycra when I ride on the road on my road bike. On the SS anything retro or funny costumes allowed.

 

LOL - have you seen how see through worn Lycra is in sunlight, okay if its a hot chick, not so if its an overweight guy.

[RockCoach]

 

 

LOL - have you seen how see through worn Lycra is in sunlight, okay if its a hot chick, not so if its an overweight guy.

 

Ja, this one time... At Modders... This oke was bending over fixing a puncture. Man alive, you could tell what he had for breakfast.

 

And then my personal favourite, lycra shorts that are too small and the plumbers crack is poking out.

 

[nolipoli]

Ass crack is not great when it is attached to a guy riding in front of you.

 

So if it is a mate, do you tell him?

[DR ◣◢]

I think almost everybody is missing the point of this thread. It is not about 29ers or lycra or spds or anything like that.

 

It's about people who insist that people do things because the professional riders do it. A quote was made in a thread recently about how something is better because the pro riders do it.

 

A lot of this can also be seen when people insist that a new rider buy a specific bike because it is "better" without actually knowing why it is better or without knowing the riders preference to riding.

 

A lot of people wear a certain outfit because it is what they have seen on TV and yet they only do a 5km ride. I am not going to tell them otherwise but I think if the shop assistant informed them of the alternative they might have gone that way. The shop assistant most likely used the words "all the pro riders do it" and the customer is fooled into buying this or that.

 

The point of this thread is not to stir up another debate of 29 vs 26 or budgie smuggling vs baggy transport. It's all about doing what you want and not because the pros do it.

[DR ◣◢]

Ass crack is not great when it is attached to a guy riding in front of you.

 

So if it is a mate, do you tell him?

 

I good friend should I think.

[RockCoach]

Ass crack is not great when it is attached to a guy riding in front of you.

 

So if it is a mate, do you tell him?

 

I was riding behind a guy I knew on the Spruit and his g-string was sticking out

I didn't know how to breach the subject.

[Smolly]

 

 

I was riding behind a guy I knew on the Spruit and his g-string was sticking out

I didn't know how to breach the subject.

Haha. First class

[nolipoli]

I think almost everybody is missing the point of this thread. It is not about 29ers or lycra or spds or anything like that.

 

It's about people who insist that people do things because the professional riders do it. A quote was made in a thread recently about how something is better because the pro riders do it....

 

 

I think it was probably my comment about the TX29 that you are referring to. You do know that I said it in jest?

That said, my later comment about the value of a pro competing successfully on a product cannot be denied.

[rouxtjie]

Sorry that you missed my point by a country mile.

 

I just got back from my skills session where I found the lady on a 29er is actually more suited to a 26er. So she's going to sell it. But last week I helped a guy buy a 29er who has only ridden 26ers. Oh and my steel 29er is going to be ordered soon but I will probably run 650B wheels because I can. So ride what suits you. I have assisted some people to learn to ride cleated because that's what hey wanted and some to ditch the cleats and go back flats. How did you determine that she is more suited? Seriously interested.

 

As to speed, I'm sorry a recent thread got lost which had a very objective article from a guy in the US who raced a 24 hour and alternated between his Ibis Trannie 26er and a 29er (I forget which one). He compared them in all aspects. Wasn't much in the way of time difference but the 26er proved to be a bit quicker due to the nature of the course - mostly because of the amount of overtaking on single track. Read that article as dismissed as BS but then again didn't see the course...that could change things dramatically. Same way sussie's spez test proved that 29ers are quicker or that downhillers should start using big wheels after sea otter. All of it to be taken with a pinch of salt maybe. I made my mind up wrt my own performance as well as friend's performances.

 

But yes, most marathons are made for bigger wheels. Once up to speed they are unstoppable. Like I said for our conditions, trails and race calendar(mtn series, nissan series, sani, j2c, cape epic, w2w)...your avg joe soap walking into a lbs wanting to start mtb'ing will want to participate in the above events...

 

I honestly don't care what someone wears as long as I don't have to see any butt crack through worn lycra. My personal preference is that I wear baggies on the MTB - it has saved my ass plenty of times. I wear lycra when I ride on the road on my road bike. On the SS anything retro or funny costumes allowed. Agreed, care rocks, but it does seem that the gravity crew cares quite a bit....they really shouldn't

[Wyatt Earp]

A quote was made in a thread recently about how something is better because the pro riders do it.

 

 

Ja nee, dit maak my gat net so lam.

[DR ◣◢]

I think it was probably my comment about the TX29 that you are referring to. You do know that I said it in jest?

That said, my later comment about the value of a pro competing successfully on a product cannot be denied.

 

I know you well enough to know it was in jest. Wasn't your comment but I did suspect you might bring it up. It was in the pedal thread.

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