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Tough decisions
November is the month of BONUS. For many this signifies the start of a hobby, for most it signals an upgrade, for some lucky dogs a new bike maybe? But one things for certain money going to change, parts are going out of the shelves, bikes are going to roll out shop showroom into the road and mountain.
Once upon a time you have a choice of hardtail or a full suspension mountain bike, steel or aluminum, 80 to 200mm of travel.
Add 29 and 27.5 wheel size NOW. Options are a double edge sword, What you want most of the time really NOT what you need. So in spirit of giving friendly advice I will give you couple of tips to follow (or not) in buying, upgrading a bike.
Know your options...
26 the standard.
27.5 the new kid on the block which will (?) replace the present standard touted as "wheel size with same agility of 26 er, with roll over of a 29 er" .
29 wagon wheel. The big foot of the group roll's over everything, holds momentum well.
What riding are you planning to do?
"I would like to go touring, XC, trail thrown in now in then"
Get a 29 er
"I would like to go trail, XC, roads on some occasion"
Get either a 29 er, or 27.5
"I would like to go trail, pump track, couple of jump sessions"
Get either a 26, or 27.5"
"F*ck this dirt jump, urban freestyle, pump track where it's at"
26
"I would like to exclusively shuttle my ass to the trails, and on occasion go big on mountains"
26 or 27.5
"Downhill"
26
A bike can do it all if you want to, but it will excel on what it is intended to.
80mm-100mm touring, XC, light trails
120mm-140mm trail, all mountain
160mm-180mm all mountain/enduro, free ride, downhill
200mm downhill
And lastly invest more on skills, legs, ride your bike dammit! You will be faster in the long run than blowing a wad of cash on upgrades.
Ernest "never saw that coming" Hamster
Tough decisions
November is the month of BONUS. For many this signifies the start of a hobby, for most it signals an upgrade, for some lucky dogs a new bike maybe? But one things for certain money going to change, parts are going out of the shelves, bikes are going to roll out shop showroom into the road and mountain.
Once upon a time you have a choice of hardtail or a full suspension mountain bike, steel or aluminum, 80 to 200mm of travel.
Add 29 and 27.5 wheel size NOW. Options are a double edge sword, What you want most of the time really NOT what you need. So in spirit of giving friendly advice I will give you couple of tips to follow (or not) in buying, upgrading a bike.
Know your options...
26 the standard.
27.5 the new kid on the block which will (?) replace the present standard touted as "wheel size with same agility of 26 er, with roll over of a 29 er" .
29 wagon wheel. The big foot of the group roll's over everything, holds momentum well.
What riding are you planning to do?
"I would like to go touring, XC, trail thrown in now in then"
Get a 29 er
"I would like to go trail, XC, roads on some occasion"
Get either a 29 er, or 27.5
"I would like to go trail, pump track, couple of jump sessions"
Get either a 26, or 27.5"
"F*ck this dirt jump, urban freestyle, pump track where it's at"
26
"I would like to exclusively shuttle my ass to the trails, and on occasion go big on mountains"
26 or 27.5
"Downhill"
26
A bike can do it all if you want to, but it will excel on what it is intended to.
80mm-100mm touring, XC, light trails
120mm-140mm trail, all mountain
160mm-180mm all mountain/enduro, free ride, downhill
200mm downhill
And lastly invest more on skills, legs, ride your bike dammit! You will be faster in the long run than blowing a wad of cash on upgrades.
Ernest "never saw that coming" Hamster
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