Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

People said that 3 years ago when 29ers were just entering mainstream no? I'm genuinely asking. I thought so anyway, but like I said, I know very little about MTB.

Howard: 29er 130mm Pikes
TvH: 24" rear 26" front, 180mm Rockshox Totem 29er

Howard: 29er 130mm Pikes
TvH: 29er
platypus: 29er Pikes/Manitou

Potentially selling my Oka. Or most of it, anyway. Have the lust for something, bad, working out how many bikes/organs/drugs/child slaves I'd need to push to buy it

Does it have a 29er 130mm fork? :)

https://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;product=211419;menu=1000,2,99,101;mid=0;pgc=0;page=22;orderby=2

Perfect for a first MTB: 2.8" tyres + 180mm triple crown fork + 203mm rotors. Like this but rowdier

I'd break 6 bones on a blue run on this

Whilst that is fully sick, I wanna grow old and have kids some day. I’m confident I’d cut my days short on that.

Designers have sorted the geo on 29er bikes making them fast and fun.

Can I find a fork that doesn’t cost more than the frame?

New? Maybe some kind of crazy non-boost close out deal. But that frame is seriously aggressively priced.

Well I’m not fussed about new

Used sus forks can bite you on the ass. Personally I'd avoid unless you know and trust the original owner and they can show your service history and stuff.

a 27.5 140mm fork, but what's an inch or so between friends

Rigid 29er

Howard: 29er 130mm Pikes
TvH: 29er
platypus: 29er Pikes/Manitou
Landslide: 29er

Fair enough.

Howard: 29er 130mm Pikes
TvH: 29er
platypus: 29er Pikes/Manitou
Landslide: 29er
BN: Dammit's Cannondale Scalpel

Howard: 29er 130mm Pikes
TvH: 29er
platypus: 29er Pikes/Manitou
Landslide: 29er
BN: Dammit's Cannondale Scalpel
Aroogah: buy DBAD, convert to 26" wheels with custom sus fork for Paul brakes

Medium or Large then? I'm 185cm ish but more torso than legs. Prefer a smaller bike in terms of road riding, no idea about mountain bike sizing. Usually about 73cm bb to saddle rails, 56cm top tube 120mm stem for road bikes.

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Large...probably. I ride medium mtbs

Opt for the large and get the chodiest stem you can?

Stumpy stems ftw

Isn't it gonna be really long? 638 top tube.
My road bikes are 680 to the handlebars, I thought id be more upright, not less

Reach-wise, somewhere between the tops of your road bars and the hoods is about right for general use mtb'ing, depending on the bar width you choose.

Higher tho, for less OTB action.

Bars on a mtb are almost twice as wide than your road bike though, will make up the reach

Yeah so don’t you want less reach on a mtb because the bars are wider? I’d need like a 40/50mm stem no?