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@somismtb The only place I can think of where 27.5 wheels could cause you to lose time is in the corners. And that's only in really tight corners where you have to throw the bike around, something not too common on dh race tracks. The main advantage 26 wheels have is added maneuverability, which isn't that necessary when racing downhill.
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For context, I'm currently building up my 3rd aurum frame as a 26" build. I use it to race and ride everything from bikepark flow and jumps to super steep technical dh tracks. I also have a yt capra (650B) which at the moment I'm using for everything - trail centre trails, steep local dh woods, bike park and epic xc rides.
I'm not biased towards either. I have ridden a 29er remedy at a demo day but I didn't like that at all - not hating, I'm 5'10" and rarely ride xc which is where I can see it's main benefits so it's probably just too big for my height and riding style.
I think it's pretty evident that bigger wheels have major efficiency advantages but I disagree with the comment regarding it's cornering abilities. For one, it's easier to stick a gnarly line with bigger wheels I find, so if necessary, you can enter the corner wide, but I find that on steep tight corners which I ride a lot, where you naturally want to lean back, you can get away with doing so on 650B wheels. The tighter geo on my capra means I'm always weightin the front more than on my aurum anyway but either way I feel like I'm in a more comfortable position. On and equally technical but less steep trail I also find 650B better to corner with. I don't know completely how it works because you'd think that if you upsize anything (wheels, frame, travel) you'd make tight corners mre difficult. But in practise it proves wrong.
I don't prefer either wheel size and I wouldn't use 26 only for dh or 650b only for trails. I like using both for the fun factor of changing it up
Try it if you haven't.
I'd ridden mine until is was Dust if it had a compact 1.5 headtube....
C'mon who else?
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27.5 intense m9 I think?
but, let me guess ... carbon front and alu rear? and app 11k for the whole bike?
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It's a modern form of advertising. Doesn't everyone know this?
Why doesn't Mr. Toby Henderson have a fender? This must be a old Pic.
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Would that stop me from buying a Ferrari if I had the change in my pocket ? Noooooope!!!!
I love my two Intense's, An M9 and a Tracer 2.75, they ride like no other and they are made like no other.
so go ahead and buy your cookie cut bike made by under paid over worked laborers, think I'll send a case of beer to the boys in Cali, they make me feel fast!!!!
"Legendary", "no one else", "no one like" - that's bullshit. They were a bit luckier than the others, when the competition was low, and keep trying to exploit that past tense as something special. That train is gone.
Mamil as a term was introduced by a marketing company. These people, and the likes of you are their prey. But the phenomenon is much broader, I suggest reading about it to understand the root causes. That will save you a lot of money. Perhaps you'll save enough to buy a Ferrari, but you'd be too clever and cynical by that time and prefer to invest to make even more.
I'm fast. That's what my friends say, that's what people say when I ride with them, that's what coaches say.
but when I comes down too it, I want to ride with my friends, and make friends when I ride. Not knock them down because they decided to spend an extra couple of bucks on something that they fell is special to them.
I used to ride competitively, but no longer have the time. Are you calling me a Mamil? If so I can say to you this.
The amount of people I see spending big money on TLD lids because "that's what the cool guys wear" and the number of people riding Maxxis tires because " that's what the world classer's ride is astounding.
Most people have no Idea how to adjust their suspension let alone the air pressure in their tires. Most of these people are living under their parents roofs, playing video games and having their moms pick them up from the bike park.
So Pasho, how fast are you? I imagine you do back flips and whips with the best of em, huh? Have you traveled the world looking for the best trails? To find something no one has ever gone down? To "shred the gnar" on the edge of insanity?
I've had so many bikes that I no longer want to ride what the world classers ride. I don't want to ride another Rock Mountain, or another GT or another Specialized or another Giant, I've had some of all of them and they all do one thing; move forward when I put the pedal down. I want to ride to bike that has character, the one that has soul and uniqueness.
Pacho, when you finally become able to appreciate the world around you for its uniqueness you will them realize that the rest of the world is still looking through near sited looking glasses. Check your prescription, you may need a tweak to your own sense of reality.
It's just an average frame with "a legend" label attached to it. No results for long time. I know many intense owners - most of them are posers. The one who's not does race, and guess what, his new long waited Tracer cracked during a practice run for the first enduro race.
Personally, I wouldn't buy intense even for a reasonable money. Why? Coz their geometry doesn't fit me. Guess what, there are three different body somatypes and you cannot have an average design which fits all. And that's pretty important if you want to be fast (remember Gwin's first year in Specialized?).
Moral of the story I'm telling - people, get bloody real!