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« on: April 06, 2016, 08:46:05 AM »
Maybe making more of this than I need to, but looking for some collective wisdom. I have 2 Kona 29ers currently, a 16 inch Satori and an 18 inch Honzo. I have learned to really love the slacker, short chainstay geometry of these bikes. As an experiment, I built a set of 27.5+ wheels to try out on those bikes. The full-sus Satori was fine, but I didn't notice a drastic change. When I tried the wheels on the hardtail Honzo, man alive it was awesome. I was as fast on it on rough trails as I was full-sus. Since it was so fun riding the hardtail, I began looking at these carbon frames. The 2 that I am considering are the Workswell 29+/27.5+ and the 27.5+ specific one from Peter or Dengfu. So, I have 27.5+ wheels and I have a set of 35mm width 29 carbon wheels to mess with. I was just about to pull the trigger on the 27.5+ specific frame when I read what bcxx wrote about the 29+ felling drastically different and 27.5+ not as much. Now I don't know which one to get. I am planning to set this up primarily as a trail bike, fork at about 130-140. Pros and cons list.
27.5+ Specific Pros
Slacker head angle (ie 67 degrees with a 140mm fork)
A little cheaper
27.5+ Specific Cons
No 29+ option
WW 29+/27.5+ Pros
Wheel options
WW 29+/27.5+ Cons
Steeper head angle (ie 68.5 degrees with a 140mm fork)
A little more expensive
Then we need to talk size. Small or medium in either. I am about 5'7" and have about a 32" inseam. At times I feel the small Satori is too small and I feel like the medium Honzo fits better.
Anyway, there you go. Comment, flame, advise away.
Thanks,
Travis