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26 isnt dead...or is it?
cmh:
My wife is 5'3" and resisted even demoing a 29er for a while. Then she demoed one and liked it. Now it's her primary bike. We shipped the bike for a riding vacation so she got back on the 26er... and hated it. Looks like we'll be getting rid of her old 26er bikes. Would love to get her on a 650b and am eyeballing the IM-196 for exactly that purpose.
On the other hand, I've got an old Scott Scale 26er which was my only bike for a while, and I recently resurrected it as a singlespeed. It's 18.6lbs, and once I got over the irrational fear that riding 26 would result in my immediate and painful demise, I'm actually having a bunch of fun on it. Mind you this is a local trail that is not terribly technical, and I'm still nowhere near as fast as I am on my FS 29er trail bike... but still, I'm having fun on a bike. :)
For me, though, there's nothing except 29er in my future.
Carbon_Dude:
Dead. At least to me anyway. I rode a 27.5" bike and liked it enough that I would buy one of those before I ever bought a 26" again.
Jotegr:
Between June and the end of Oct, a good half of my rides are shuttled, lifted or dirt jumping. I'm using 26" for this since I'm trick and jump focused rather than speed focused for these.
Otherwise I like the other two sizes with no personal preference. My chiner is a 27.5 but I like 29ers too.
Vipassana:
I rode a friend's 26" Giant NRS(?) the other day back to back with my 29er. When we switched back, he was all smiles. I was not. I could never go back to that wheel size. It felt like a toy in a way. Like riding a BMX.
Carbon_Dude:
--- Quote from: Vipassana on November 06, 2014, 05:51:57 PM ---I rode a friend's 26" Giant NRS(?) the other day back to back with my 29er. When we switched back, he was all smiles. I was not. I could never go back to that wheel size. It felt like a toy in a way. Like riding a BMX.
--- End quote ---
Exactly. When I would ride my old 26" Epic it would feel like I'm riding a kids bike. My 29er just fits me better.
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