so here i have...
the vicious with the twenty nine inch wheel on the front. doing some researcher on this, this type of bike is able to be called a sixty niner single speed; however i like to think about it as an ninety sixer. i just want to get away from the sex reference.
i noticed the 'change' immediately. i felt more upright, taller and rolled 'smoother' (this is the best word i am able to come up with). i often heard that the twenty niner is 'slower', this i noticed on turning into the corners on the road, but i think that is due to the thickness of the tire, and not the size of the wheel.
when i hit the trail i noticed the difference, and it took some time to get used to. but once i got it, i got it.
it rode kind of like a c-cross bike. the twenty niner flowed with the trail. down. up. over. i just flowed. flowed better than a sixer. however my rear end was 'jumpy'. 'skiddish'. but once i learned how to 'control' this, it worked out to my advantage of moving around on the trail.
in the last post i spoke of how the trail is quick. well, that was on a fixed cross bike. now on a single speed free-wheel; i've got a new view. not a bad one, but a different one.
after the 'climbing' it's down the side of the hill, and it's freaking quick. you are able to 'bomb' it; however with quick forty-five degree turns, ninety degree turns, one eighty degree turns...control becomes key. at least skidding. things come up on you fast, and you better be ready, if you are taking the hill.
with the rear end 'jumping' i was able to vary my skidding around corners. more control, sit down. less control stand up. next week, i'd like to take the smoothie out there and see how that handles. but i think the trail is best suited for the i.f., but the vicious is fun as hell. i'm going to take this out on other trails to get a better/different feel for it. trails that i am familiar with, and see how it handles.
namaste...
i noticed the 'change' immediately. i felt more upright, taller and rolled 'smoother' (this is the best word i am able to come up with). i often heard that the twenty niner is 'slower', this i noticed on turning into the corners on the road, but i think that is due to the thickness of the tire, and not the size of the wheel.
when i hit the trail i noticed the difference, and it took some time to get used to. but once i got it, i got it.
it rode kind of like a c-cross bike. the twenty niner flowed with the trail. down. up. over. i just flowed. flowed better than a sixer. however my rear end was 'jumpy'. 'skiddish'. but once i learned how to 'control' this, it worked out to my advantage of moving around on the trail.
in the last post i spoke of how the trail is quick. well, that was on a fixed cross bike. now on a single speed free-wheel; i've got a new view. not a bad one, but a different one.
after the 'climbing' it's down the side of the hill, and it's freaking quick. you are able to 'bomb' it; however with quick forty-five degree turns, ninety degree turns, one eighty degree turns...control becomes key. at least skidding. things come up on you fast, and you better be ready, if you are taking the hill.
with the rear end 'jumping' i was able to vary my skidding around corners. more control, sit down. less control stand up. next week, i'd like to take the smoothie out there and see how that handles. but i think the trail is best suited for the i.f., but the vicious is fun as hell. i'm going to take this out on other trails to get a better/different feel for it. trails that i am familiar with, and see how it handles.
namaste...
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
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