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[Eddy Gordo]

So anyone here riding 29" upfront and 27.5" at the back?

Does 27.5" and 26 qualify?

 

[WR 1.0]

Didn't Trek have a bike like this a few years ago? 

 

Edit: Carver Bikes had a 96er (29 front, 26 back)

Carver says that a bigger front wheel and smaller rear gives you the best of both worlds: fast acceleration and smooth rolling through bumps.

Edited August 7, 2019 by WR 1.0

[GrahamS2]

Didn't Trek have a bike like this a few years ago? 

 

Edit: Carver Bikes had a 96er (29 front, 26 back)

Carver says that a bigger front wheel and smaller rear gives you the best of both worlds: fast acceleration and smooth rolling through bumps.[/size]

Cannondale had one in the early 90’s. Was a terrible thing but so easy to wheelie

[MORNE]

YT Decoy e-bike if i remember correctly (29F/27.5R)

here it makes more sense i guess...smaller wheel will generate more torque

Edited August 7, 2019 by morneS555

[MudLark]

Will completely stuff with your geometry though, won't it?

[Headshot]

So basically nobody on the Hub has one. :-)

[Fleming]

I am thinking of putting a 29er on the front of my Trek Roscoe. Its currently 27.5+ so geometry changes should be minimal.

[Nick]

Silverback had their 279 range back in 2015. There must be someone still on one of these?

 

[Jewbacca]

Will completely stuff with your geometry though, won't it?

Not if you take a 140mm 650b bike built around a 160mm fork. You then pop on a 140mm 29er fork and wheel and you have almost exactly the same angles.

[Eddy Gordo]

So basically nobody on the Hub has one. :-)

I am rather surprised by this. I would of thought there would of at least be one or two hubbers going mullet!

 

I could do with my hardtail, but then thats a 26" wheel at the back. Not sure what benefit that would be as 26 and 27.5 are so close in size.

[MORNE]

i could too on my latest frame...

maybe I should go FULL mullet  and gooi 29x3.0 front and 27.5x3.0 rear LOL

[Headshot]

I am rather surprised by this. I would of thought there would of at least be one or two hubbers going mullet!

 

I could do with my hardtail, but then thats a 26" wheel at the back. Not sure what benefit that would be as 26 and 27.5 are so close in size.

I'm tempted to do what Hairy suggested - stick the 180 fork and 27.5 wheel off my Enduro on my 26er HT. 

[shaper]

As WR1.0 said Trek did something similar 10 years ago, called the 69er 

 

https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/mountain-bikes/trek-69er-3x9-review/

[MudLark]

It wasn't cheap either!

[Shebeen]

if you have a front wheel and rear wheel specific tyre there really is no point in having the same wheel sizes.

 

i'm surprised there hasn't been more development in this field

 

 

 

 

 

[Grease_Monkey]

I am rather surprised by this. I would of thought there would of at least be one or two hubbers going mullet!

 

I could do with my hardtail, but then thats a 26" wheel at the back. Not sure what benefit that would be as 26 and 27.5 are so close in size.

I tried it with my Cotic Solaris Max. 27.5x2.8" rear, 29x2.5" up front. The bike became super slack, climbed like shyte and had no benefits whatsoever on the descents.

 

I do think there is merit to the concept, but the frame geo must be designed around it.