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Doug Cimperman wrote:
29" is 622mm, the same as a 700c. 29" is just made to mount fat tires. The difference between 584mm/650b and 27.5" is that the 27.5 frames are made to mount wider tires,,, I think up to 3" wide? Plus still have decent mud clearance on both sides (1/2" or so). Yeah, that's what I thought. Still, the move from 584/650B to 622/700C for MTBs is very sensible IMO. Even the girls are starting to grow really tall these days! So what is 27+ then, is that just another name for 27.5"? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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On 2018-07-16 19:25, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote: No, bigger wheels do not necessarily mean more ground clearance. That's a function of frame design. Bigger wheels are much better. Try a 630 bike after your 622 and feel the difference. Or likewise try a 584 after the 622 and feel it getting even worse. Again, how big exactly are the 29 wheels? I ask because in the MTB bike world aren't both 26 and 27.5 actually 584 or 650B? It's people like you that love to stir up trouble. In ye olden days you'd have simply been burnt at the stake :-) |
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On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 2:43:12 PM UTC+1, wrote:
Very, very good! Thanks for all your thoughtful opinions. I will tell my friend that his 29er pedals easier because he must be riding over zombies but just doesn't realize it! In this new intersectional world, it would be politically very incorrect, not to mention deeply insensitive, to deny that zombies, especially dead ones, can be exceedingly uplifting. Andre Jute Politically correct and sensitive |
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On 7/16/2018 2:17 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
sms wrote: My MTB is still the same 26" rim brake wheels that its had since new in 2000. If it can't roll over the bumps and rocks and ruts and slop I want to roll over, then its the rider, and not the tire diameter that's the problem. While a 29er does not "pedal easier" a larger wheel clears ruts, rocks, etc., easier. It also adds more ground clearance. That's why there was a move to larger wheels on mountain bikes. How big is a "29er"? I think bikes in general should have bigger wheels. Why not drop the 622 standard (700C) and go back to 630? Only it can/should be wider than the 32 of the 27x1-1/4 old road bike standard. Or even to 635 but with modern rims, of course. I'm pretty sure you can buy adult bicycles with wheel+tire diameters all the way from 17" to 29". Oops. Make that 36". https://dirtysixer.com/ Take your choice! -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
How big is a "29er"? I think bikes in general should have bigger wheels. Why not drop the 622 standard (700C) and go back to 630? Only it can/should be wider than the 32 of the 27x1-1/4 old road bike standard. Or even to 635 but with modern rims, of course. I'm pretty sure you can buy adult bicycles with wheel+tire diameters all the way from 17" to 29". Oops. Make that 36". https://dirtysixer.com/ Take your choice! OK, then I'd like a Fuji Touring bike or equivalent model but with 630 or 635 wheels/tires instead of the 700C's 622. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 3:33:31 AM UTC-4, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote: How big is a "29er"? I think bikes in general should have bigger wheels. Why not drop the 622 standard (700C) and go back to 630? Only it can/should be wider than the 32 of the 27x1-1/4 old road bike standard. Or even to 635 but with modern rims, of course. I'm pretty sure you can buy adult bicycles with wheel+tire diameters all the way from 17" to 29". Oops. Make that 36". https://dirtysixer.com/ Take your choice! OK, then I'd like a Fuji Touring bike or equivalent model but with 630 or 635 wheels/tires instead of the 700C's 622. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Those are not hard to find in the U.S. In fact, last winter I helped get one belonging to a friend back on the road after decades in his garage. Sadly, he decided he still preferred to ride his mountain bike on the road! But there are a LOT of 630 (or 27") garage queens around here. Some are quite nice bikes. They're left over from the 1970s and 80s. - Frank Krygowski |
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Frank Krygowski wrote:
But there are a LOT of 630 (or 27") garage queens around here. Some are quite nice bikes. They're left over from the 1970s and 80s. I have one from the early-mid 80s, which was the eye-opener for me how much cooler it is with 630 tires than 622. But I meant bikes manufactured *today*. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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On 2018-07-16 09:25, AMuzi wrote:
On 7/16/2018 11:11 AM, Doug Cimperman wrote: On 7/15/2018 10:36 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: ... "Bug Out Bike - Apocalypse Bicycle" http://www.instructables.com/id/Bug-Out-Bike-Apocalypse-Bicycle/ I like the paint job. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any advice suggesting that a 29" wheel was in any way superior to smaller wheels for attacking or rolling over zombies. I suspect that the added weight of the survivalist junk might ruin any benefits gained by a few mm larger diameter tire. According to the movies, dead zombies will bleed profusely, which will be too slippery to traverse on slick tires. Instead, I recommend tires with some tread. Or, just build your own 29" zombie crusher from plans: http://www.atomiczombie.com I don't really think the idea of a "disaster bicycle" is really all that good of an idea--but even ignoring that--running 29" tires would be dumb, since 26" is way more common. 29" tires are very easy to obtain by now. There is a nice selection of low cost Asian tires that hold up very well on rocky trails. I changed my mind about that. 26" seemed to me, a medium sized Italian guy, about right for offroad/technical riding; lower to the ground, effectively smaller gearing, shorter top tube and all that. My opinion changed once I saw a full sized (muscular 6'5") rider on a his new 700-54 Gunnar. That said, women just over five feet who ride in with whatever new chinese 29-inch thing the local outlet store foisted on her looks bizarre to me if not dorky. I am 6'2" and don't feel right on a 26" MTB which I rode before. 29" large frame but with the stem shortened to 80mm feels perfect. On pavement it doesn't matter much but on some trails it does. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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