clc.sheff
Prominent Member
Thanks for the write up Dometheone.
Did you ride the same trails with all the bikes? I was wondering how much getting more familiar with the trails might have affected your opinion of the ride of each type of bike.
I have also wondered about the 650b size. Having looked at a 29 er they do seem really big bikes but 650b is a lot closer to 26 inch than 29 so is the difference that noticeable? Another big factor is tyre size. I run 2.2 's on my ridgid and the overall diameter is pretty close to my road bike tyres. When I had a mountain bike before I had 2.1 on the front and a 1.95 on the back. Maybe running a big tyre on a 650b is the way forward? I am thinking of buying a 2.3 to put on the front of my ridgid bike as a bit of an experiment.
One thing I would say about riding a 26 incher is I have ridden bits of trails and found the small wheel size a bit of an issue so the idea of bigger wheels does seem to have some basis.
Did you ride the same trails with all the bikes? I was wondering how much getting more familiar with the trails might have affected your opinion of the ride of each type of bike.
I have also wondered about the 650b size. Having looked at a 29 er they do seem really big bikes but 650b is a lot closer to 26 inch than 29 so is the difference that noticeable? Another big factor is tyre size. I run 2.2 's on my ridgid and the overall diameter is pretty close to my road bike tyres. When I had a mountain bike before I had 2.1 on the front and a 1.95 on the back. Maybe running a big tyre on a 650b is the way forward? I am thinking of buying a 2.3 to put on the front of my ridgid bike as a bit of an experiment.
One thing I would say about riding a 26 incher is I have ridden bits of trails and found the small wheel size a bit of an issue so the idea of bigger wheels does seem to have some basis.