We have had plenty of threads about the ‘dh’ers’ trail bike in the DH forum but I wanted to start one about 29” bikes. This years interbike showed that the industry is pretty serious about making aggressive style 29’ers for trail riding with new frame and tire options that look great…
I am a DH’er that rides quite a bit of xc/am/trail whatever you want to call it. Currently I’m riding a very light Transition Covert which is a bit much for the local terrain I ride regularly. I am pretty sure I am going to be moving to something like a Transition Bandit, Specialized Evo Carbon, or Santa Cruz blur LTC but the 29’er thing has caught my eye a bit.
Would you ride a 29’er if your style of riding is technical with a jumpy playful edge? Do you think it would decrease the fun factor? I am 5’10 so I’m not a giant and a bit worried about the bike handling like a tank on some of our tight singletrack but a 140mm bike with a fox 34 sounds pretty nice right now, what does rm think?
Current Rig but with a RS Revelation now.
I am a DH’er that rides quite a bit of xc/am/trail whatever you want to call it. Currently I’m riding a very light Transition Covert which is a bit much for the local terrain I ride regularly. I am pretty sure I am going to be moving to something like a Transition Bandit, Specialized Evo Carbon, or Santa Cruz blur LTC but the 29’er thing has caught my eye a bit.
Would you ride a 29’er if your style of riding is technical with a jumpy playful edge? Do you think it would decrease the fun factor? I am 5’10 so I’m not a giant and a bit worried about the bike handling like a tank on some of our tight singletrack but a 140mm bike with a fox 34 sounds pretty nice right now, what does rm think?
Current Rig but with a RS Revelation now.