Everyone knows of the great BCD 29er DH bike, but I was looking for a SS 29er for XC and Commuting and I began thinking: what company(if any) will be the first to make a full production (not a one-off frame) 29er DH bike?
First production 29er DH bike?
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Specialized was kinda late to the regular 29er game so I doubt they would. Intense is a very good bet! Gary Fisher seems to be all about 29ers right now, but they've never been big in the DH scene so I doubt they would ever build one.
Intense DH 29er, coming soon.....and maybe a 69er...stay tuned to those guys, so much cool stuff coming.
Stikman, will it be a completely different frame from the M5 or just a 29er version of it?
Rockshox needs to come out with a 29"er Totem.....
someone hasnt been following the bcd lineup, or the mountain biking community at all for that matter.
I'm very much involved in the mountain biking community. I still don't like it. I don't like most things going on in the mountain biking community for that matter.
i would say intense too.
lets just hope they don't keep the steep head tube ideas
over to there fr DH bike!
Just because people are making some sort of bike doesn't mean you have to like it.
I can imagine 29ers will do good on a downhill track with no (tight) corners but we dont have a lot of those in Europe...
BCD how are your experiances with 29er cornering abilitys compared to 26ers?
BCD how are your experiances with 29er cornering abilitys compared to 26ers?
Please tell Intense to cease and desist on that 69er ASAFP.
Ghay beyond GHAY.
Will make them look like complete tools if they do that.
29er is bad enough but still....
Apples to Oranges. You just can't compare the moto change from 19" to 21" front to a change from 26" to 29" wheels on mountain bikes. I know it seems like it could be compared but the 21" changeover satisfied several real needs for MX, whereas 29ers, well, they have not proven superior and don't really address any "needs" at this time.
I think its great that people are experimenting and once riders are willing to accept the cost and weight penalties (need wider hubs, more rim and tire, and 8" travel 29" DH forks won't be made at the QTY of 26" forks so the price will be higher at first) needed to make 29" wheeled DH bikes with comparable travel and geometry to 26" wheeled bikes I expect to see some people riding them.
Hopefully, they catch on just like 24's did all those years ago.
FAD.
FAD.
the ONLY issues with 29ers in dh are tires, sticky mud.
they can be ridden in tight corners and if they are a little
slower in 5 corners VS the whole track, they are well worth
it. i am upping travel on my next bike to 7 f-r.
everything has its haters, it will be awesome to see what happens
in the next few years with them.
us married guys wouldn't know how to ride one of those anymore...
Lame. I have a hard enough tiime getting my 26" wheels through tech sections...Maybe on an XC hardtail I'd consider 29s, but for a DH bike hell no.
People just want to be different and stand out, I guess.
Exactly...Moto went from 19's with high side walled tires to 21's with MUCH lower sidewalls, hence less flex and more power to the ground as 1 big advantage.
On a DH wheel, you can't drop the sidewall anymore b/c we ride rocks and roots all day long and need what little sidewall we have.
You can't make a 29 inch wheel and a lower side wall tire to keep overall height down.
I could see a 29 inch wheel helping someplace really, really high speed..but am I the only one who thinks it would only make sense on to do a front 29/rear 26 combo...not both.
i third that motion,Agreed.
and seccond motion to impeach, impeach!!!!
Tell me BCD just wants to stand out. He is a pro racer experimenting with the advantages and disadvantages of different setups. If anything, he gets flamed all the time for what he's doing.
29'rs huge in xc.
People feel safer on them IMO.
Most people who ride them xc have no interest in going fast or taking any chances what so ever on a bike......
29'ers are make it easier to roll over thoose 6 inch ledges at 1 MPH....
People feel safer on them IMO.
Most people who ride them xc have no interest in going fast or taking any chances what so ever on a bike......
29'ers are make it easier to roll over thoose 6 inch ledges at 1 MPH....
^^
Wow.
By 'safer' i meant rolling in and out of holes/rocks in the trail......never heard of wheels blowing up.
Wow.
By 'safer' i meant rolling in and out of holes/rocks in the trail......never heard of wheels blowing up.
yeah, me too.
i don't ride stock anymore. you are right they are weaker. a lot weaker.
but with dishless and a 38mm rim my wheels last 2x longer than
a 26. just ask anybody who raced MSA. how many wheels did
they go thru.
me, i am still on THE SAME WHEELS.
i'm sure they have advantages in certain situations; definitely an avenue worth exploring. who says that the ancient standard 26" is optimum for all people & conditions? most likely not feasible for small people, but i can definitely see taller people making these work. it actually kinda makes sense having rider size specific wheel diameters.
Where do you get this stuff? Sidewall/casing profiles did not change in the switch from 19s to 21s. And, in fact, sidewall height probably increased slightly in the small-displacement classes as the standard went from a 2.75 up to a 3.00.
I guess I'm curious why Dave does not think that the larger diameter front tire would do for a DH bike what the 21 did for the motocross bike.
I'm with you on that count. Larger front/standard rear seems like a good combo.
Maybe 29 is too much of a jump? Could the advantages of a larger-diameter front be accomplished with a 27.5 or 28? (set aside for a moment the fact that they don't exist - - I'm asking in purely hypotheticals).
thanks, b/c i waz about to come up there and pop a cap.............
this guy, IMO is off his rocker.
Well, I'll be . . . hush my mouth.