the 27.5 vs 29er debate

[gg2]

with Nino riding a 29er yesterday, will 27,5 bikes still be an option?

[Paul Ruinaard]

Hoo boy - when he rode a 27,5 it was going to kill 29ers.

 

Scott HQ probably looked at their revenue curve and said "Lets confuse everybody and sell some more bikes to the saps down in South Africa who care about this". After giggling for 20 minutes they phoned Ninno's mechanic and told him to change the wheel size. Then they sat up in their fortified headquarters and chuckled when on Monday morning everyone dumped their 27,5 wheels and went to 29.

 

Does that explain it....

[shaper]

You missed out 27.5+ in you debate... and is too early in the week, bump it along till Friday !!

[NotSoBigBen]

Why oh why I ask myself .... 

[bertusras]

Could have sworn it was Friday three days ago...

[Reden]

  On 5/30/2016 at 5:46 AM, Paul Ruinaard said:

Hoo boy - when he rode a 27,5 it was going to kill 29ers.

 

Scott HQ probably looked at their revenue curve and said "Lets confuse everybody and sell some more bikes to the saps down in South Africa who care about this". After giggling for 20 minutes they phoned Ninno's mechanic and told him to change the wheel size. Then they sat up in their fortified headquarters and chuckled when on Monday morning everyone dumped their 27,5 wheels and went to 29.

 

Does that explain it....

But I just bought a 27.5" Santa Cruz!!!

Now I have to sell it.

[Eldron]

NO! 29er wheels obviously puncture too easily!!!

[banna]

Ok so here's the plan. I'm gonna get a 650b as well, then I have 26, 27.5 and 29 in my garage. Depending on what the market thinks is the best size, I can then just switch from week to week. Ugh. Kry sommer n maagseer. 

[T-Bob]

29 on the front, 27.5 on the back and have a spare 27.5+ in the shed for the trainer.... Problem solved. 

[NGUTF]

  On 5/30/2016 at 6:54 AM, banna said:

Ok so here's the plan. I'm gonna get a 650b as well, then I have 26, 27.5 and 29 in my garage. Depending on what the market thinks is the best size, I can then just switch from week to week. Ugh. Kry sommer n maagseer. 

 

Best you get some "+" sizes to 

 

EDIT: why do you think he changed to 29" for yesterdays race?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

  On 5/30/2016 at 7:44 AM, NGUTF said:

Best you get some "+" sizes to 

 

EDIT: why do you think he changed to 29" for yesterdays race?

It's a prototype with a completely new shock placement and likely heavily co-designed & developed. So real world race testing after testing in training would be my guess. He didn't like the way that the older niner handled with the front end being that much higher than the 275's (due to the larger wheel & fork)

[Fisan]

  On 5/30/2016 at 7:44 AM, NGUTF said:

Best you get some "+" sizes to 

 

EDIT: why do you think he changed to 29" for yesterdays race?

 

Nino realised 29ers are faster - as it has been proven scientifically over and over.

[sias]

So I guess I'll just hold off on placing the order for the 27+ for a while...

[shaper]

Maybe he felt the course was much more technical and needed the bigger wheel size to get the benefit of rolling over the obstacles 

[dirtrider]

And how did it work out for him ? Not to good if I recall .

[Gen]

  On 5/30/2016 at 8:16 AM, dirt-rider said:

And how did it work out for him ? Not to good if I recall .

Disastrous is the word you are looking for.