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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Sep 18, 2012 - 12:30am PT
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Sep 18, 2012 - 01:03am PT
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I posted this somewhere else but here are a couple of pics of my home made SS 29er.
This is how she looked on paper
This is the adjustable jig I cam up with.
tube set
The front triangle
my welding (or brazing I should say) is a little to be desired
her maiden voyage was the 24 hours of old pueblo out of Tucson. that was a long ride for a rigid SS but she ran better than I. I was proud of her non the less
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Sep 18, 2012 - 01:08am PT
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29 errrrrr
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Sep 18, 2012 - 03:29am PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
My first vid from my epic 29, easy 4x4 for first half then some fun single track. Camera is on the handle bar ...sorry it's 9 min, but the down hill lasts 30!
Aloha,
Will
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 18, 2012 - 04:48am PT
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26 or 29 ...sounds like a first world problem:-)
Cool rides and I'm fairly jealous.
Rocker dude I'd be curious to know a little bit more about your touring rig fs...
Cheers
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overit
Trad climber
Boulder
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Sep 18, 2012 - 07:58am PT
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650b! Short girl version of the 29.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sep 18, 2012 - 08:13am PT
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Thanks Cosmic...Forgot to mention i am president of triple-mega-weenie velo...RJ
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Sep 18, 2012 - 09:58am PT
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650b! Short girl version of the 29
I recomend the 650b to anyone on the smaller size that wants the big wheel ride as well overit.
Thanks a bunch gf!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 18, 2012 - 10:13am PT
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Waiting for my knees to go. My last bike was a 1958 Schwinn Tiger.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Sep 18, 2012 - 10:23am PT
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29ers are fast like lightning.
Put in 100% and prepare to receive 115% back.
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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Sep 18, 2012 - 02:14pm PT
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no fruity 29 wheels needed here...
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Pebble Wrestling.... Badly lately.
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Sep 18, 2012 - 03:32pm PT
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This is a 29er to me. This looks like a fun crew to sail with too!
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 18, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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T2, very cool. did someone teach you how to do that or did you just wing it. I'd love to build my own frame. You should post it on the "what are you building" thread.
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Loomis
climber
Peklo Vole!
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Sep 18, 2012 - 05:05pm PT
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29'ers rule!
Here's mine
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 18, 2012 - 11:14pm PT
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Hmmm. You lads have me reconsidering my ideas of looking at just 26ers. Just too many positive comments about 29ers to ignore.
Edit: I forgot to ask how many of you riding 29s are tall? I'm 5'7" and so have to think the geometry on a 29er frame would be pretty different than someone on a frame that would fit someone who's 6'.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Sep 19, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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rockermike: I just winged it, It is amazing what you can learn from the world wide web! I have some steel fabrication background so the jig and fab work came easyer than the brazing. I got a bunch of old chrome molly frames from a local bike shop cut them up for the tubing and practiced my miters and brazing on the scraps until I felt I was ready to braze my bike. She is good from far but far from good! Any real frame builder that had a close look would prolly be critical. I have frame number 2 in the jig right now almost complete.
Fat dad: check out a 650b it translates into a 27.5" wheel. It is perfect for shorter folks that what that big wheel ride
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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2012 - 03:44am PT
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T2. That frame looks sick. Always wanted to build my own frame. I used to shape my own surfboards and there's no better feeling than riding something you made. I assume you have some brazing background ? I almost took a framebuilding class from Yamaguchi but it never came together (he's in Rifle CO !!). Anyway well done.
Fatdad I would forget about 26" wheels, even if you don't want a 29er the industry is pretty much ditching 26" for 650b/27.5". Check em out.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sep 19, 2012 - 08:17am PT
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Fatdad...I have a friend , 5'7 , who bought a dirt bike with the big wheels...She loves it...Nice job T2..rj
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Sep 19, 2012 - 09:08am PT
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26's work fine for the trails we ride. Most of the riders I know are still using 26s. From a little system of trails in the Sierra.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Sep 19, 2012 - 12:28pm PT
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Fat Dad, as someone who has shorter legs and a longer torso and is barely 5'10", I opted for a 26er when I bought a new bike recently. Certainly there are pros and cons to each format. Maybe a 29 hardtail would be cool.
This is a super fun bike even if it isn't a 29er
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