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What's wrong with a 26er?

 

LOL, nothing wrong with a 26er. I'm still gonna keep my 26er trail bike for Tokai, Jonkershoek and the social riding (views, eat, chat, ride and repeat). I want a lighter XC 29er for all those long gravel roads that we find in PPA races with a bit of single track. It is the N+1 rule that applies.

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For XC, anything that is not full carbon, hard tail, 26" with 1 x10 gearing is too heavy. XC is about light fast and lungs for breakfast. So there is no correct definition for the right weight, it is always to heavy.

 

That macho advert out of the way.

 

The bike you have and the bike you can afford is always the correct bike.

As Merckx said ride up grades, don't upgrade rides.

Your bike is only too heavy when you start consistently beating people on lighter bikes.

or famously when the top cyclists start organising you sponsorships so that you stop embarrassing them on the trail.......

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