Interestingly, the recent popularity of so called '29ers' hasn't created any new mountain bike saes boom, it's simply stolen a big chunk of the market for 26" bikes.
Except the lycra-clad, carbon jobbie riding creature being overtaken?nothing funnier than seeing someone on a cheapo full suspension bike bouncing along as they try a pedal fast
nothing funnier than seeing someone on a cheapo full suspension bike bouncing along as they try a pedal fast
whatever happened to the concept of rotating a drop bar up through 180 degrees? Not seen that for years.
Nothing wrong with a good Mtb.
The problem imho was the cheap nasty ones, people bought them, then realised that they required effort and went back to the sofa.
The same thing will / is happening with road bikes, look on ebay at the amount
of "road / race bikes" all with nice sparkling paint jobs and bargain price, and weighing over 14kg!!
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