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Do you ride a 26er?


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My trusty old Donkey on my early morning ride today on the trail, has done me proud! (I had a 26in Trance too but sometimes life takes things away! Bugger!). This bike has done thousands of K's and although its a heavy old wench it never lets me down and takes me to where I feel like going...

 

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Hey man :whistling:

 

We like our 26ers.  Why are you trolling our thread? Or do you deep-down want one too? :P

 

Or maybe...maybe....a 26er beat you in your last race? :whistling:

 

Part trolling, part jest, part humour but largely true. I have both but can't believe I waited so long to move with the times and upgrade to a 29". The efficiency of the larger wheel is quite remarkable, so hey, why constrain yourself unnecessarily.

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Part trolling, part jest, part humour but largely true. I have both but can't believe I waited so long to move with the times and upgrade to a 29". The efficiency of the larger wheel is quite remarkable, so hey, why constrain yourself unnecessarily.

 

 

?? Please explain this efficiency

I agree here, I also have both and I am noticeably faster on the 29er on most track even though it is heavier. However I love riding both, different characteristics like driving a sports car, then a rally car, then an SUV etc. Point is 26ers never stopped being fun - except for maybe marathons.

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Okay......

These are my collie-mutts...They have real names, but lets refer to them as 26 and 29.

26 is cheeky, accelerates like a rocket and can turn a corner on a dime.

29 is graceful with a long gait and only when the singletrack staightens out does she get ahead of 26.

 

26 is quite a bit smarter than 29 :whistling:

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yup, this pic is W2W last year, and again this year.

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were you on the ride, I ask this ad my team mate and I had a brief "cool another 26'er" chat with a rider on bike that looks just like yours....we were in all black kit and on Green/Black/White stumpy and a Green/White jekyll.....Also 26'ers
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were you on the ride, I ask this ad my team mate and I had a brief "cool another 26'er" chat with a rider on bike that looks just like yours....we were in all black kit and on Green/Black/White stumpy and a Green/White jekyll.....Also 26'ers

I only recall 4 other 26'ers at the moment; a hardtail that looked out of place in a sea of full sussers and his riding partner (can't remember what he rode) - but we had the 26'er chat, and two ladies riding Meridas.  I did have many many chats along the way, so could have been that I've forgotten some details - especially if I looked super tired...

Can you recall what kit the guy (very possibly me) had on - I was in Isuzu Kit, first 2 days in shirts and last day in red jacket, orange Camelback.

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