the trials mop Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 Has any one ever tried to make / made 29" trials bikes because there seems to be a bit of a 29er revolution at the moment, would it give an advantage?of course you would lose some spinability but would you gain anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggy Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 I think 29" is too large; impractical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 (edited) Add 1.5" to the chainstay length of a trials frame and unless you're really tall it'll be a complete pig to get on the back wheel... To counter this the handlebars could be brought further backwards, but that would lead to loads of overlap (With a normal wheelbase it's already tight and with 29" wheels there will be more anyway) between your toes and the front wheel... 26" wheels are about as big as you can go for trials unless you're very tall.29ers are a solution to a problem, namely that the man made trails built by the forestry people are so boring and unchallenging that a modern bike with suspension is complete overkill for most of them, leading to loads of people using rigid singlespeed 29" wheeled bikes on them in order to bring some bit of technical challenge back to the trails - I know this because the best day I've had on official MTB trails was when I took my 19 year old Specialized rigid with canti brakes out ... Trials has no such issues with becoming less technically challenging, so no justification for 29ers... Edited August 22, 2008 by psycholist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsy trials matt Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 dont think it would be a bad idea as my coussin is now 6ft 6 and a 26 doesn't look comftable ( big enough ) for his height Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 its would work, but would take a while for people to develope decent geo i imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 Old topic. i guess if someone within the frame building trade experiemented with 29in trials concept, the wheelbase would have to between 1200-1300mm, and it would take 6ft plus rider ie; bigman to handle it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Jones Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 Can you imagine the taps on a long wheel base 29er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 When I tap I end up sitting on my tyre most times, so on a 29 it would be even worse.Ben Leacock would be the rider to try it out, TF's tallest member! (6'8" I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil Jsy Chris Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Sounds like a pretty fun idea Should definitely try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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