[Sandwich]

I will say, back in the day when I had 24/26s, the bike handled really weird, and I preferred it with the same size wheels one way or the other. I recall the front wheel being very "floppy", though I can't put how that would be the wheels fault and only the wheels. So much has changed since then that it really isn't worth basing much on, except "why bother"

 

[wydopen]

I will say, back in the day when I had 24/26s, the bike handled really weird, and I preferred it with the same size wheels one way or the other. I recall the front wheel being very "floppy", though I can't put how that would be the wheels fault and only the wheels. So much has changed since then that it really isn't worth basing much on, except "why bother"

it was floppy because it was slacker than it was designed to be...my old 24/26er was the same way

 

[Sandwich]

I was running the avy fork at the time, so +65mm of offset, which is where I think a lot of my problems came from...well some of them.

 

[kidwoo]

People ride different radii wheels all the time.

Throw a 2.3 on the back and a 2.5 on the front and guess what!

I've ridden a bighit with a 24 rear and it didn't feel weird at all. Other than being generally a crappy bike.

 

[bizutch]

People ride different radii wheels all the time.

Throw a 2.3 on the back and a 2.5 on the front and guess what!

I've ridden a bighit with a 24 rear and it didn't feel weird at all. Other than being generally a crappy bike.

I loved hearing people justify that purchase. It was the best.

 

[kidwoo]

I loved hearing people justify that purchase. It was the best.

Yeah I don't know why that bike was ever made, much less purchased.

I didn't think they turned particularly weird but you definitely had to keep two running assessments going in your head: what the front wheel will plow over, and then what the back wheel will plow over

Because they definitely weren't the same.

 

[-BB-]

I will say, back in the day when I had 24/26s, the bike handled really weird, and I preferred it with the same size wheels one way or the other. I recall the front wheel being very "floppy", though I can't put how that would be the wheels fault and only the wheels. So much has changed since then that it really isn't worth basing much on, except "why bother"

Was this the Arrow DS-3?


I actually kinda miss that bike. It was a beast to pedal with the BB pivot placement, but it was sure fun to ride downhill. Liked it with either 26/24 or better yet, dual 24's. Felt NINJA with that setup.