To all you 29er's out there!

Oy!

I've just finished a 96 hour shift.......!

doh .. i always get these, out riding on a tues, so wrong !
apologies

Noted!
I do have a tendency to run high pressures normally though.....I like to have little rolling resistance.
What sort of psi is good then?

doh .. i always get these, out riding on a tues, so wrong !
apologies

No worries.....I didn't take offence :0)

I've been used to trails using my ti airborne, which is excellent on the flat, straight stuff, but too 'stretched out' for the technical stuff......hence, I suck a fat one at the tricky bits.
I aim to use the transition and my recent 2.5 stone weight loss ( thanks to L'eroica training!) to good use.......when mtb'ing started in '86 or so, my parents live in Waltham abbey, so I was pretty good on the muddy, roots stuff......I need to rediscover what the old muddy fox and Marin palisades could do effortlessly!

What sort of psi is good then?

On a 2.1 - 2.3" tyre I tend to run about 36-37 psi rear & 32-33 front. I am quite heavy though & run inner tubes too.

Tubeless I use sub 30 Psi

Have gone down to nearly 20 on the front, traction is more important than rolling resistance

traction is more important than rolling resistance
Lower pressures can allow you to go faster on rough terrain.

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Me on the ss 29'er taking on the cross bikes at the Rapha Supercross on Saturday.

And yes, I am in tweed and yes, that is a wall of foam.

Get signed on for the London events next weekend!

Beep!

All you 29ers out there (plural)

(not 29er's - that is possessive)

Curious question, any short/ish guys here ride 29ers? i'm about 5'6'', only ever ridden 26ers before

I don't know how tall Smallfurry is? He rides a small framed 29er.

I think this is his.

Looks a bit 'bulky' to ride, hmmm

Cool.... I'll experiment. Trouble is, I have to ride from my house to these trails. I don't like the feeling of the tyres grabbing. I'll give it 50, and take a pump!

I'm 5' 7" how may I help you sir?

Just curious what it is like to ride a 29er if your not tall, to me it just looks awkward

Definitely is, with hydraulic tyre brake.

Just curious what it is like to ride a 29er if your not tall, to me it just looks awkward

very much a personal preference, but I find it roll nicer over obstacle that I otherwise would choose my line more carefully on a 26ers, I actually find 29ers more forgiving than 26ers.

It also carried speed better, but this is all IMO.

id get something rigid with narrower not so knobby tyres, not sure that would make a difference

If you've got disc brakes then you could probably fit 700c wheels with some cyclo cross tyres.

If you can ride 26er then you can ride 29er. You just adapt to the change.

26" frame with 700c wheels.

Basically an OTP hybrid with a higher BB then.

If you're used to running proper sized tyres on a 26" there's very little difference. Allows you to use an existing bike as well.

I just remembered that the next bike for me should be a TT bike.

I think this is his.

Not set up though.

The important thing is whether the geometry is comprimised for the small size, and wether the wheelbase is large compared to your saddle to bar distance.

The Spotbrand works well in a small.

If I was going with suspension. I'd have probably gone 26", and squeezed out some more travel for my stack.