To all you 29er's out there!

My blowjobs are fantastic

Following on from the Singular theme, here's mine taken a few years back.

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And something newish.

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^ #boastpost

Yeah, the Swift is pretty nice, I am rather fond of it.

As for the 27.5 v 29 in downhill issue, this has been done to death, fast guys gunna be fast on anything.

But faster on 29".....

*trollface

tasty

A few weeks ago, I built up a new Bizango 29er for a friend. That got me thinking about a change from my 26 Inbred rather than just giving it an overhaul.

I wasn't a fan of the front shifting of the Bizango, and the forks aren't anything special, but with the sale price and BC discount it seemed like reasonable value.

My Mrs has inherited bits from the Inbred, including XT shifters, derailleur and cassette, plus the Reba WC forks 😢. The new double chainset from the Bizango makes for a good overhaul for her bike.

Straight away the Bizango went 1x10 with 32t SLX cranks. Handily the rear mech is shadow+ so chain slap should be minimal. I've also swapped the tyres for Specialized Purgatory 2.3 F and Ground Conrtol 2.1 R. Converted to tubeless which went up easily with three layers of Gorilla tape, two scoops of Stans and some glitter.

I'm toying with the idea of selling my 29er again to make space for a slacker 27+ bike.

2015 cube ltd sl with a raceface narrow wide 30t 1x10, xt 11-36t with hope 40trex expander, hope pro4 wheels with tubeless maxxis ardent, fox 32 fork and xt shifter and mech, ks dropper seatpost. Wheels tyres and mech are 3 months old, and it's just had new headset and bb and gear cable.

Does £900 seem like a reasonable starting point or am I way off.

Might get more for it if you part it out. The wheels would go in a 27+ frame, if you get the right frame :)

Ah most of them are boost now and my pro4's aren't.

I know I'll get more parting it out but I couldn't be bothered having bits lying around.

Ah most of them are boost now and my pro4's aren't.

Oh. Bugger. Get a full sus bike, keep the hardtail for winter. Bosh.

It turns out the distinctly average Suntour Raidon fork on the Bizango can be easily transformed ☺

From new, the legs are lubed with grease and the forks are noticeably sticky for small bump sensitivity. I read about people cleaning out the grease, adding foam rings below the wiper seals and 15ml of oil in each leg, which sounded like it was a big improvement... without horror stories about long term issues. Being as I've got a packet of Tungsten disulphide powder (WS2), I thought this would be a worthy place for a sprinkle at the same time.

With the lower legs removed, the difference in quality between the Raidon moco /spring units and RS Reba is obvious, but thats hardly surprising considering the price difference.

The lower legs already had foam rings installed, so I just cleaned out the grease and gave the wiper seals, stanchions and as far as possible, the bushes a good rub with the WS2 powder. Plus I mixed a bit of WS2 into 30ml of 5W40 fully synthetic engine oil. With the lowers partially fitted and the fork angled upwards like assembling a Rockshox , 15ml of oil injected into each leg before refitting the retaining bolts (theres not enough thread for a crush washer, so a smear of RTV silicone under the bolt head) and finally working the fork through a few compression cycles.

The difference is huge 😀 infact there's probably less stiction compared the Rebas which are oil lubed and also have TF tuned ultra low friction wiper seals.

Tungsten disulfide huh? Interesting.

I'll stick to slick honey :)

new steed. rides like heaven

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It's surprising what a difference to overall tyre width a few extra mm of rim width can make!
I only swapped from my Stans arch ex rims to the Stans arch mk3....now I've gone from ok clearance with my 2.4 racing ralphs, to almost no clearance!
Might have to reduce the rear to a 2.25 instead with the wider rim. :(

2.25"???!!! I'd be looking for a new frame!

Well I'm actually planning to get the English modified to be full 29+ compatible....which is what I originally planned...doh!
But it's going to be a while before I can afford it. :(

I'm actually planning to get the English modified to be full 29+ compatible

As the rear triangle is removable, does that just mean getting an entirely new one and bolting it on?

I say "just"....

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exactly that. Not worth trying to 'modify' the current one as it would be about as much work as building a whole new one.
Fork needs to be slightly longer too though thanks to the taller 29+ size. :( ££££££

Just looked at that bike again. Totally forgot you have a Chris King SS hub up front. That would make it wide enough to clear 27.5+, I suppose..?

Not tempted by that? Lots more tyre choice than 29+.

It's running the King ss anyway, but set up dinglespeed.
I tried a 27.5 x 2.8 wheel in the back and it had enough clearance...but I think I'm happier running 29 as I've been on this size for about 15 years now. Kinda set in my ways. :)