Likewise re probably like you in your previous post - i used to buy the lower end spec componented bike with same frame as higher model and upgraded.Yeah, that does seem to be happening a lot just lately
Likewise re probably like you in your previous post - i used to buy the lower end spec componented bike with same frame as higher model and upgraded.Yeah, that does seem to be happening a lot just lately
Wrong! I know what "boost" is. Plus, I know the justification for it. No need to "retrosplain" these ridiculous new standards to me.Boost is 15mm x 110, but that’s beside the point. With 20x110 the hub flanges were still the same distance apart as they had been since disk brakes became normal. With the first lot of 29er rims this wasn’t strong enough for aggressive riders, leading to a reputation for being flexy that’s still banded about today. Boost added the extra 10mm in between the flanges increasing spoke triangulation giving stiffer, stronger wheels from the same rims. 15mm was a downgrade IMO but was done to gain acceptance of thru axles from the xc crowd, even though 20mm was lighter.
Look 29ers are (or may be) great for really tall people. No one here is saying they aren't. So don't call pre-29er retro XC 21"+sized 26er bikes "gates", 'cause that's not really fair. 29" wheels didn't even exist when those bikes were built, so there wasn't even an alternate choice available to the rider.Gate.
Because they are sponsored by companies who only make 29ers.....even if they preferred 26"....they wouldn't get one to ride.I haven't seen any world cup winners riding 26'' for a long while.
ExactlyBecause they are sponsored by companies who only make 29ers.....even if they preferred 26"....they wouldn't get one to ride.
That's the fashion industry for you.....and believe me kids on 29ers is nothing functional .....its fashion.
And as I said here about wheel sizeSeem to be all wheels - with the rider behind squashed up surrounded by them - look ungainly and clumsy but I’ll judge after I’ve ridden one. I’m going to and a 27.5 - on a modern carbon! No idea how but I really want to !
But I doubt very much 3” in the size of a wheel makes them that good - I’d put it down to other things as if it were about wheel size we would have off road motocross and off road dirt motor cycling with huge wheels but we don’t. They seem to be getting smaller !!