jbrennan26

it takes one helluva crazy person to be pushed to malicious action rather than just ignoring something that bothers them, for whatever reason. My local xc trails have had broken glass scattered on them, and fish hooks hung from the trees. Even people who have allowed their dogs to attack passing bikers. some people are sick.

Don't knock it til you try it, but there's an addendum: try it with an unbiased attitude. So you ride and have ridden 26 inch wheels your whole life, and they've never done you wrong, but neither have 29 or 27.5 inch wheels, because you haven't given them a chance without a bias. You can't try something new if you're already critical of it; if you think 29 inch wheels are going to suck, then the first time you ride them, they are going to suck, because you already decided. Let the ride decide how something is. Try a few rides on 27.5, see if you feel faster, worse in corners, more momentum, etc., and if you don't even tell much a difference, then good for you, that just means that now even if 26 inch wheels get phased out on some trail bikes, it doesn't even matter because if you couldn't tell a difference, it doesn't matter which wheels you're on. If you ride 26/27.5/29 and you hate how it feels, great, don't ride it, but don't speak for the entire mtb community that's made up of so many different styles of riding, body types, and riding ambitions. Be open to innovation, or if you don't think it's innovative, be open to new products, spend less time passing judgment and more time pedaling.