I had a similar experience coming form 26" MTBs... had a B'stone MB2 for the 90's, then sold it when I ended up riding my then RB-T and then my All-Rounder exclusively on the trails. Decided I wanted to get back into actual mountain biking and ended up with a Karate Monkey. What, a great bike! Not a fan of the rear fork end/sliders on it though... sucks hugely for field repair of a flat. I might have to trade it in for a Hunqapillar if a used one ever comes up on the market.
On Aug 3, 1:27 pm, jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Just some curious observation on wheel size. > > I spent the years from @ 1989-2004 almost exclusively on 26" wheeled > mountain bikes in the dirt. I dabbled a bit with road bikes, cruisers, > folders, bmx bikes in there too, but for all intent I was a mountain biker. > > Then I picked up a 700c cross bike that I would use for...well, cyclocross, > but never much gave thought to doing "mountain biking" on mainly because I > had a mountain bike to do that with. > > Then my daughter was born and my cycling changed drastically. Not only was I > riding mainly in town, but I had picked up my first Rivendell as well. My > MTB collected dust, while I kept buying fatter and fatter tires and taking > the Rivendell on more varied terrain. After riding the Hilsen shod with 45mm > IRC knobbies on singletrack I sold the MTB. > > That led me to thinking, or more to the point, eased my disdain for the 29er > mountain bike craze, and I got another mountain specific cannondale 29er. > Which I was honestly very surprised with, and enjoyed riding when I was able > to make time for the trails. It really did feel smoother to me than the > 26"ers I had previously, but still mentally considered 26 as my first > choice. Anyway, long story short, we were hurting for space and I acquired > the nice mint condition 84 Rock Hopper that I slotted into the MTB spot in > my mind and sold the Cannondale. How could I go wrong...26" wheels should > feel like an old pair of jeans right? > > Now we get to the point. Recently I have been riding off road more, and I > came to a personal realization. After riding the fatty tired Hilsen back to > back with the fatty tired Rock Hopper, I am solidly in the camp of enjoying > the larger diameter wheels off road. > > I think the Rock hopper may be leaving the nest, and re-replaced with a > rigid 29'er. Time to start looking for a Karate Monkey!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
