29 inch wheels on mtb

[Wyatt Earp]

Ask the experts:

 

http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&technology=true&taxid=103

 

The jury is still out on the technology - some agree - some don't.

 

I'm pro 29er - I have the Niner Air 9 and love it. No 26er will ever be allowed between my legs again

 

As I always say: the ladies love the extra 3"

As Eldron I have a 29'er. or two.

My one sentence on the topic ,don't think you are going to hop on to a 29'er. and improve your times automatically.

[shade]

Ask the experts:

 

http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&technology=true&taxid=103

 

The jury is still out on the technology - some agree - some don't.

 

I'm pro 29er - I have the Niner Air 9 and love it. No 26er will ever be allowed between my legs again

 

As I always say: the ladies love the extra 3"

sies!!

..Admin!!!

[Zeps]

As Eldron I have a 29'er. or two.

My one sentence on the topic ,don't think you are going to hop on to a 29'er. and improve your times automatically.

 

There goes my plan to go faster at 94.7 MTB - might as well cancel that order

[stewie911]

Is this thread serious?

 

(Just came back from the gym, so still a bit dizzy.)

[JarradVZ]

I was thinking the same thing. Were 29ers invented yesterday then?

[Wyatt Earp]

I was at the launch of the Fisher 29'ers. it could have been around 8 or 9 years ago if I remember correctly.

It does blow my mind that it's "suddenly" a craze, what's even more entertaining is how much faster people think they are going to get.

[DMC007]

I was at the launch of the Fisher 29'ers. it could have been around 8 or 9 years ago if I remember correctly.

It does blow my mind that it's "suddenly" a craze, what's even more entertaining is how much faster people think they are going to get.

 

...Yah. Its all in the mind.

[Caerus]

Did you also hear about Neil Armstrong? Apparently he walked on the moon!!

 

That was in a film studio. No ones been to the moon

[Oli G]

What is the bennefit of 29" over 26" for the average rider like me who rides a medium frame?

Skateboard wheel can't go over a pebble. Monster truck wheel can crush granny's oldsmobile. Extreme example but basically bigger wheel goes over bigger stuff.

 

Niner has a nice explanation of it on their page.

http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&technology=true&taxid=103

[Oli G]

That was in a film studio. No ones been to the moon

They mythbusted that. get a telescope and look at the flag and the moon buggy. keys still in ignition and the parking meter expired.

[Oli G]

I was at the launch of the Fisher 29'ers. it could have been around 8 or 9 years ago if I remember correctly.

It does blow my mind that it's "suddenly" a craze, what's even more entertaining is how much faster people think they are going to get.

You do go fractionally faster being that your wheels have more rotational inertia... downfall is your brake reaction time is reduced which also actually makes you go faster..... not exactly when you want to go faster...

[splat]

Is this thread serious?

 

(Just came back from the gym, so still a bit dizzy.)

 

Come on, concentrate!

 

Gary Armstrong rode a 29" frame to the moon...

[Bat-ass]

You do go fractionally faster being that your wheels have more rotational inertia... downfall is your brake reaction time is reduced which also actually makes you go faster..... not exactly when you want to go faster...

 

 

Speed kills!!! ride a 26er

[Oli G]

Speed kills!!! ride a 26er

Not being able to brake also kills....

[Wyatt Earp]

You do go fractionally faster being that your wheels have more rotational inertia... downfall is your brake reaction time is reduced which also actually makes you go faster..... not exactly when you want to go faster...

Do you actually ride one ?

[Oli G]

Do you actually ride one ?

No but ive built two niners and tested a Giant XTC 29.

Anyway thats just what it says on the niner website.