we had some good crashed that night, you falling into the road and then smackings your head on that sigh with the back wheel the squashing your head lol, I had that leg lengthener from trying to get over that rail hahaha
pretty sure you can, could on the old ones no problem but they did have lnger chainstays......I think the bhest bet would be to measure the frame and see if theres enough room for a 26" wheel and tyre (if you have the frame) get out and ride yeeeeee
my idea of a step up is getting up a wall facing straight on and just riding up it to both wheels, no taps involved, just a standard riding up a wall. If so, I can do about 48"ish
montys are the nicest shape! makes the bike feel flickier and more bouncy. They are thin though, but its not the end of the world, I just turned some simple wooden bar extenders to make them 29" wide and they feel awesome!! I came straight off old zoo bars, it was a really good move
I really dont like hope headsets, they are very tall, very exspensive considering the bearings are non replaceable and they are very frigile, I have broken 3 hope headsets. Also, they dont fit in internal type frames.
the lever blades with a ridge feel nicer for one finger braking than the ones without it, who says you have to use two fingers? They will feel simular to RB lever blades.