Big Apple 29er aka "Cloud Niner"



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Knowfear

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After receiving my wheelset yesterday, I feverishly
assembled my 29er last night. It was dark, cold, and icy,
but I decided to brave a test ride nonetheless.

Now I understand those of you who are Big Apple devotees.
WOW! It's like a magic carpet !!! I couldn't believe how
comfortable the whole unicycle was - I was on cloud nine!
The smile on my face said it all. I had been a little
apprehensive with my first mount as I had heard that the
transition from a 24 to a 29 was not always easy - but I
got on like I'd been riding it for months. I did a spin
around the block, but decided to keep it short because of
black ice. Only one UPD, and it's way more maneouverable
than I expected.

It's a bit hilly around here, so I'm starting with 152's,
but I suspect that I'll be switching to 140's or maybe 127's
as I get more comfortable.

Awesome, stupendous, splendid... I could go on...

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Chris... who DOES have a WMD (Wheel of Mass Dismounts).
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I'm one of those devotees!!!!

I've only had my Niner out for one good long ride with the
Big Apple on
it. I went ahead and pumped it up to the prescribed 60 psi.
I was surprised at how smooth the ride was. I did some
text hops and such. I think I'll try down to 45 or 50
psi just to see. Even with a non-knobby I think it will
do nicely for crosscountry.

Mostly I like the weight of the tire adding flywheel effect
on the road.

The Big Apple has completely changed the feel of the niner.
Good advice from gleened from this forum.

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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:59:20 -0600, KnowFear
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I had been a little apprehensive with my first mount as
>I had heard that the transition from a 24 to a 29 was
>not always easy - but I got on like I'd been riding it
>for months.

Your 152 mm cranks have helped there. Try it at once with
110's or 125's and it would be more difficult - but not
very much so.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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