Thanks Gloggy for the write up by the way :)


Easier over rocky terrain is my main aim.

Anyone point me in the directon of 29inch, tyres, tubes and wheels ??

Been through all the usual suspect to the left there, and can't find 1 of the buggers.

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried fitting a road tyre (700c) to a 29er rim? I read somewhere that road and 29er rims were the same diameter, but what with not having a 29er and not knowing anyone who does, I haven't had the opportunity to check...

Yeah alledegly there both 700c, but you'd likely need some narrow rims to make it work and take the 120psi+ that road tyres need.

My idle curiosity has been satisfied... I run about 120psi in a 700x23C tyre on the back of my DMR when it's in road mode... Nothing is more frightening than trying to brake on wet tarmac with 4pot XT disks and road tyres though... http://www.skynet.ie/~ceason/cormac/stuff/Road%20DMR/P1010051_small.jpg

It's nice to have a bike setup that freaks both roadies and MTBers out - that is a 5" suspension fork BTW...

And yes - I probably am a sick bastard :-P

it could be worse...

you could have a 205mm 6ti and 1" slicks

now that Was scary!

that be a weird bike Cormac :) I like it.

I find knobblys worse than slicks on wet tarmac anyway, surface area less and all.

Suffice it to say the last quick cycle I did on the DMR (While the speedometer was working) allowed me to average 19.75mph around a 22mile loop. At my fittest the very best I could average was under 18mph with the MTB wheels fitted (And I'm nowhere near my fittest at the moment)...

I have a proper set of wheels to go on it too of course...

"Just lose the Fixe, you forget and try to stop peddling you'll be sent right over the bars."

No Dylan,you wouldn't go over the bars,it'd be like putting the back brake on heavily.

Dylan have you had a look at Mtbr's 29er page?

The Haro Mary looks nice....

As does the Redline Monocog 29 (SS) for $450, although it's not new

Import one?

I'm quite smitten with on ones 29er, which gets much better reviews in the USA than the Redline.
But I wouldn't want rigid forks, and I also suspect that given the top tube lengths I need the 16'' which has a slacker head tube angle, presumably for pedal clearance.
If I buy a reba the bike's not going to have Brant's preferred trail/head angle figures; and I'm rather intrigued as to whether Pace gets the message when they eventually bring out a fork, which I guess they must do.

Roger nope, the bike wins especially if your peddling really fast at the time, I did it on a fixed excercise bike doing a spinning class, the up force of the peddle sent me flying over the bars seriously and a really bike likely has more momentum at speed going downhill.

Kid, the Gary fishers are dirt cheap well kinda, so will do me new 07 range out soon.

Cloggy, shame on one doesn't do a geared 29er, with a fork option hey, by the time you add gears, disk brakes and a reba fork your looking at over 1K easy. ( that and my 31.6mm thudbuster won't fit, will on the fishers )

Dylan,have you seen the `Scandal` frame and for offer on the On-One website?

Geared Scandium 29er frame with 29er Rebas for £399.00.

Also you can quite often get 2nd hand 29ers on Ebay, that`s where I bought my Gary Fisher 293 full sus.

Tyres are a bit trickier,but again Ebay is good.

Rims you can get from Ebay or In the UK try billys.co.ok who do HALO 29er and Salsa rims.

Forks are also quite often on Ebay ,especially from our American Cousins who seem to spend more on bikes than we do!

The 29er forum on MTBR is good if a little weight weenie and single speed orientated.

ATVB Mike.

But even so - for me a full susser cannot be beaten - even the 29 wheels must punish your spine?

Yeah guess E-bay could be the option.

I ride the 293 I think it was, nice bike shame they aren't importing it, but can order it specially.

Hopefully Demo a HT see how that rides, but if not 100% sure, might order the 293, I think it's only going to be £1300 or something, which for the Spec is a major deal.

As to the on-one option, to flipping hard to source my own wheels, I'm lazy.


How do you find it ?? what kinda stuff do you ride ?? worth the hassle over a 26er ?

Mike the Bike, If I go HT, I'll have a Thudbuster ST in there anyway, which means I can ride 40miles at speed and get off the bike pretty much fine. ( on a 26, 29 was more comfortable to )

but FS version would be ideal as a 1 bike do it all thing.

Is it really that good - isn't it just hype????

I thought that Mike, ride 1 then jump back on your 26er and you'll think, hmmmm no, seriously.

Only did 1/4 of a mile up and down abit of single track, it just steered so perfectly exactly the line I wanted, rather than the 26er twitching around, and hit roots without feeling them, just sails straight over and rocks.

There is this water gully dip aswell, have to really pull the bars up, to stop the 26 wheels from just stopping dead which I've done before, the 29ers sailed straight through it, without caring at all.


seriously, different world, was amazed.

its just last week I tried a (26") Litespeed and carbon seatpost -usual frame Ellsworth now - I needed two days of neurophen!

If I was a racing snake I might be convinced - though I can get a test from a GF dealer for fun

new bike range out in a few weeks from GF, they didn't import any for 06 sadly, shame on the no FSers though, but will import to order.

Go try one, you might like it, you might not.

Just felt very natural, as I used to ride a 29inch wheeled racer for XC as a kid, 26ers always felt wrong, 29er doesn't, maybe I'm still used to riding 700c's though ??