The 29er did what 29ers do well…rolled over the crappy sections and roots like that big wheel does and really smoothed out the trail. The trails I was riding on were gravity fed ski area stuff in the Deer Valley area of Park City, so not a lot of pedaling was required, but the trail surfaces were pretty hammered – loose, broken rock over hard dirt, roots, etc. This weekend I had the opportunity to ride a very nice example of a well designed, well spec’d FS 29er back to back with a 27+ version of that bike different spec, but equal travel, dropper posts, etc (Scott Genius 900 Tuned and a Scott Genius 720 Plus). And yes, this means that I believe that 29+, as neat as it is, will not go away, but will never be a big deal either.
27+ is the real deal, and it is just getting started. Once again, it is epiphany time and the name of the next leap ahead in trail bike performance is called 27+. One is ‘exciting’ and one is ‘interesting’. And while I have limited time on both sizes at this point, I am here to say that one of those sizes is going to remain a niche player for eternity and one will prove to be a mainstay wheel/tire size for years to come, carving out a very big segment of the MTB marketplace.
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Now we have Plus sized tires, both in 29 (29+) and 27.5 (27+). Point to ponder: One has to wonder if we would even have 27.5 if we had not gone all the way to 29″ first, then course corrected a bit and settled into the semi-middle ground that I agree makes more sense for bigger travel bikes, shorter riders, and arial acrobats? Maybe eventually we would have, but 26″ wheel bikes were so entrenched, who knows when that would have happened?Ģ.8″ Schwalbe Nobby Nic on a 40mm internal width rim…Scott Genius 720 Plus Not an epiphany, rather a “better 26er” to quote an industry wise man that shall remain anonymous. It sure sounded the death nell for the 26″ wheel though, already hit hard by 29ers, and with wide industry support it was clear that 27.5 was here to stay. tooting the horn of a ‘tweener’ wheel size, which although great for many folks, simply failed to impress me at all for the way I ride and what I want the bike to do. Then 27.5 crashed the big wheel party with folks like Kirk Pacenti and Giant Bicycles Co. The 29er storm rolled in on big wheels and changed everything. That big wheel was a real game changer, not some small improvement that bicycle marketing folks would laud as the second coming, but a real honest to goodness leap forward in bicycle goodness.
Epiphany is defined as a sudden and profound understanding of something.Īn example of epiphany is when someone has been looking for their lost keys and suddenly has an idea of where they are.I knew this 29″ wheel deal was something exceptional.Įpiphany, as a descriptive word, comes to mind. Even so I was struck by how very different it was than anything else I had ridden over the past umpteen years. It was a Jamis SS, steel, and hardly the refined bike that a modern 29er is as far as geometry, weight, etc. I remember the first time I rode a 29er bike.
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