Cycle Lab settles the wheel size debate once and for all

[Eldron]

Ibis Tranny

 

 

 

Damnit. Now I gotta clean coffee off my screen again...

[VicanZA]

White 29" wheels... Whoo hoo I'm rich!!!

 

darn gonna have to get me some pimp daddy gold rims...

[BrandonF_]

At the other end of the spectrum... This past weekend at Giba there were a handful of 8 or 9 year olds riding XS 29ers. I swear they were barely taller than the wheel height. Man it looked funny.

 

Surprising the wheels didnt touch!

['Dale]

[Cyclewizz]

Why aren't you guys post ad's in the classifies for all your 26ers ????

 

Going to be some real bargains....soon.

[MTBeer]

Cyclelab - the Sheeple Shop

[LongDonkey]

Mate, its your lucky day! You WILL NOT be left out.

 

 

 

Now get one and ride over all the 29r's

Far Canal...

 

Now that is a bike i can fall off in real style. Not just legs anymore, now its legs and my neck getting stuck in the spokes...

[eelvio]

Damnit. Now I gotta clean coffee off my screen again...

+1

[Skott5]

lol, I cant believe how everyone still gets so wound up about these wheel size debates.

[l4y3rcake]

The irony of this is that they made a shedload of money selling 26ers over many years......are they now suggesting that they were wrong all that time?.....in that case i can see a class action coming! So stupid of them to pigeonhole things with such simplistic tags but that kind of sums up the general level of knowledge that you will find on the floor at CL.

We are the fools for buying into all this sales talk, why is yesterdays hero always todays zero when the next best thing comes along? I still love my 26er even though I tested 29ers and the new 27,5ers which in all honesty did not blow my dress up, admittedly the 29er feels better i.m.o. for certain applications.

It all depends on the quality of the components of the specific bike, and the a good 26er will feel better than a mediocre 29er and a 27,5er is so close to 26er that the differences are even harder to define and are further complicated in the minute differences in geometry and bike setup.

Just love your bike man and don`t forget that 98% of us are not contenders, no matter what the next miracle performance advantage the retailers are touting, after all , they had a big power band display in their shop for many years!

 

Thanks for crushing my dreams

[TLK]

Damn!! I guess I am still "not sure if mountain biking is my thing" and my KTM was on a "tight budget"!

Thanks for the good laugh

[GoLefty!!]

23 years of Mountain biking and I'm still not sure...hmmm, better make up my mind soon

[Scott2luvit]

*too

hahahahaha best comment on this fred Edited February 20, 2014 by Mr.E

[Shebeen]

wonder if you can take your 5 year old giant anthem 26er and demand your money back? They have admitted that they have sold you the wrong bike.

[Jewbacca]

If Cycle lab said it it MUST be true...

[JJDT]

Not only Cycle Lab. Saw something similar @ a Sportsmans Warehouse store also selling the differences in riding of 26'er and a 29'er more on the basis of technical stuff.

Most people believe it is the bike but I have formed my own opinion it is 20% bike and 80% human. I'm an average rider mostly finishing in the middle of the pack. If I for example took the bike of the late Burry Stander and I give a 8spd bike to one of the top 10 ladies, they will still ride the crap out of me because it is about the person.

On the flip of the coin if they choose this marketing direction no one will buy a bike, because most people buy a bike which is associated with a well know rider.