Nothing To See Here, Move Along
The best products are made by people that have a passion for them. Gary Fisher has a passion for 29ers.
After riding a Rig I can only conclude that Gary Fisher really fucking hates singlespeeds and singlespeeders.
Maybe that time I caught him on the final downhill at Mayhem 2003 on my diddy wheels upset him?
Update: Kirsty […]
I’ve had a longer look through the experiments proposed by the 29er faithful for the ultimate normalised 26 versus 29er test. This was in response to their criticism of the Cycling News comparison.
For all their whinging all bar one of them has failed to address all of the concerns that they themselves raised against […]
There’s yet another normalised 26 v 29er test going on.
I have some problems with this concept of normalisation.
For a start each bike is compromised. For instance they both have 71 degree head-angle! WTF will that do to the 29er steering? We don’t go out and buy deliberately compromised bikes, so it’s not fair to […]
What a fantastic weekend at SSUK 2006 up in Hamsterley Forest. Pizza, beer, great mates, and a cracking course.
I got a lot of good-humoured ribbing about hating 29ers, which just goes to show that no matter how many times I say I can see some benefits of the concept people find it easier to […]
Last time I left you on the 29er front I was just off into the shed to fetch out a 26″ front wheel.
It had been suggested that the 29er handled so ponderously because the fork offset was designed for use with 26″ wheels. I figured that fitting a 26″ wheel in there, coincidentally steepening […]
Powder Blue Gayer
For all my recent ravings I would just like to clarify that I’m not against the idea of 29ers per se. I certainly have no problems at all with this big blue 29er. Still, it is made for a guy over 6 foot tall so it looks a whole lot more proportioned than […]
…Never The Bride
Seems like my 29er findings have been rather like throwing an angry cat into the middle of a flock of headless pigeons and my effigy is probably even now being burned wherever 29er advocates gather.
I was disappointed that many of the 29er faithful could find no better way to dismiss my unwelcome findings […]
O-ringed beauty
I’ve never been a fan of Biff’s Jones, though I appreciate the artistry that has gone into the frame, and I’m sorely tempted by some H-bars.
Then Biff entered the Fred Whitton Challenge - a brutal day out in the Lake District over all the hardest passes. For the trip Biff slapped some 700c […]
“What’s that pile of crap?”
Not normally the kind of response I expect from the wife when I get home from a ride on a new bike. Even in the dark she was obviously unimpressed by the 29er I’d been riding for the evening.
Still, maybe she had a valid point. It had been stupendously dull […]
Raleigh are bringing out a rigid singlespeed 29er, the XXIX.
Here’s the good part. It won’t be built with ugly looking lanky legged suspension corrected forks.
Looks like a good chassis on which to mount a tall 26er suspension fork and a 26″ front wheel and get this 69er idea properly, er, rolling.
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