http://www.mattmagic.com/ A weblog about Matts incredibly dull life. en-us Matt Booth 2001-2006Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:44:01 GMT matt2@mattmagic.com (mattmagic) matt2@mattmagic.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:05 GMT http://www.mattmagic.com/2295 http://www.mattmagic.com/item.php?id=2295 http://www.mattmagic.com/2295 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:24:34 GMT http://www.mattmagic.com/2294 http://www.mattmagic.com/item.php?id=2294 http://www.mattmagic.com/2294 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:54:08 GMT http://www.mattmagic.com/2293 http://www.mattmagic.com/item.php?id=2293 http://www.mattmagic.com/2293 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:33:53 GMT http://www.mattmagic.com/2292 http://www.mattmagic.com/item.php?id=2292 http://www.mattmagic.com/2292 WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAA!!!! 26inch wheels are tiny! I guess this is what it feels like to be a *giant*. After the framesnappage, once again the Surly is thrown back into action for it's 3rd of 4th Tour. It took a rather extended time to actually get the stop, go and sitting-on bits to work properly... mostly properly.. kinda properly.. ok, properly ENOUGH to ride. Suffice to say I had to choose the least broken Hopeless wheel, which still required 3 new bearings) and the most working Hopeless front brake. Now, the bit where I compare 26" wheels and 29" wheels: SLOW SLOW SLOW. kinda, well it's different, the wheels certainly *drop* into the gaps between rocks, but on the other side, they seem to bounce more over rocks when you get some speed up. But overall it's a lot more work to hammer the bike around, I want my 29er back! I admit it was a slightly unfair comparison, but the overall ride speed was about the same as the 29er but the ride was rougher and a little more unstable. Overall though, 29er is smoother, the 26'er can actually turn in gravelly corners.]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:59:04 GMT http://www.mattmagic.com/2291 http://www.mattmagic.com/item.php?id=2291 http://www.mattmagic.com/2291