Wednesday, November 28, 2007

For many months/years or whatever it is I swore up and down that I would never step into the world of writing in a blog and only remain a devoted lurking participant in the greatest waste of time on the web. I have been asked several times over and over if I am spending so much time reading blogs on cycling etc… why not write one for myself. The answer is quite simple. I have never desired to write about all the things I do from week to week. Now to the good stuff…29ers.

There are many riders crossing over from riding 26” bikes and becoming fans of the 29er. What I want to know is who made the rule that when switching to a larger wheel you must turn in all the technological improvements from the past 20 years (except for disc brakes) and ride rigid? I have heard all the excuses. “on a 29er you do not need suspension”…”tubeless on a 29er is just like riding full suspension”…”the long wheel base of the 29er rides better”…”you do not need suspension in the midwest on a 29er”… This is CRAP.

The tale of two bikes…..Which one to ride, the fast and light SuperFly.......

or the diesel locomotive Hi-Fi 29er Pro…. What do ya’ll think?








5 comments:

Warren said...

Just go with the Hi-Fi, and be done with it!

By the way, nice start to the blog.

muyres said...

Dave are you buiying a bike soon?
go 26"!!!

DaveZ said...

Never again will I ride a 26" wheel.

muyres said...

Dave-
if your daring, go rigid. Just a little more arm strength is all you will need. Trifecta: ore2shore, cheq and iceman in 08!!

iceman is lottery this year...check its website.

Eric said...

Yeah, some of the 29rs out there are cool, but sadly they still will always be clown bikes. Thats just the way it is.