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I totally agree. Again though, I grew up mountain biking in the 90s when front
suspension was still being worked out let alone FS. Back then, of course,
there was only mountain bikes with or without suspension and no matter what
kind of riding you did, you did it on the same bike as a guy who DH. Things
were still being figured out as weight weenieism was really big and yet riding
was getting more tech. Smaller companies made good stuff that was both
relatively light and lasted like Syncros and Race Face. What I am getting at
is I still have that one bike mentality. For me a FS was too much money and
maybe too heavy to ride up where I rode down, which is another big deal, I
think a MTB should ride everywhere. Then I left MTBing and got back into it
just over a year back. I heard about the 29er thing and was skeptical until I
rode my friends Paragon. The immediate sense of being able to ride over
anything impressed me. I got one myself and am still impressed with what I can
now ride over. Frankly, I really see little negatives. The whole weight thing
or slower acceleration isn't that noticeable because wheels have lightened
dramatically over the years. the ability to maintain speed is awesome when I
am on softer ground covering distances on a simple path. For how I ride, which
is this gets me to the trail, I then ride the trail, and ride home from the
trail, its vastly superior to my old 26er. The way mine is set up it is still
quite light and is quite tossable which many say 29ers aren't.
Oct. 26, 2014, 2:36 a.m. - lumberjake
#!markdown I totally agree. Again though, I grew up mountain biking in the 90s when front suspension was still being worked out let alone FS. Back then, of course, there was only mountain bikes with or without suspension and no matter what kind of riding you did, you did it on the same bike as a guy who DH. Things were still being figured out as weight weenieism was really big and yet riding was getting more tech. Smaller companies made good stuff that was both relatively light and lasted like Syncros and Race Face. What I am getting at is I still have that one bike mentality. For me a FS was too much money and maybe too heavy to ride up where I rode down, which is another big deal, I think a MTB should ride everywhere. Then I left MTBing and got back into it just over a year back. I heard about the 29er thing and was skeptical until I rode my friends Paragon. The immediate sense of being able to ride over anything impressed me. I got one myself and am still impressed with what I can now ride over. Frankly, I really see little negatives. The whole weight thing or slower acceleration isn't that noticeable because wheels have lightened dramatically over the years. the ability to maintain speed is awesome when I am on softer ground covering distances on a simple path. For how I ride, which is this gets me to the trail, I then ride the trail, and ride home from the trail, its vastly superior to my old 26er. The way mine is set up it is still quite light and is quite tossable which many say 29ers aren't.