Well, it finally arrived, and it has been my constant companion for
nearly 2 weeks. Really enjoying the speed increase. Very nice machine
indeed, liking it a lot. My other sadly neglected unis (including the
newly assembled nimbus X24 with hookworm) are getting jealous!
I decided to chuck the Weirwolf LT2.55 on, and I'm liking it so far.
Running lowish pressure, about 33psi (the tyre says 35-50psi on the
side wall). It does not wander all that much, and I like the large
volume. Like it says, the tread is quite low, so it's not a bad cross
purpose tyre. As others have stated, it's probably a bit light and
thin for serious off road bashing though. But I can see now how
difficult it will be to get a serious off road 29er uni tyre. Even
though the 29er is lighter than the 24 muni, the rotational mass is
higher, and I can really feel the flywheel effect. A real downhill
29er tyre would be sluggish and difficult to control I think. Hmmm.
I rode with the cranks on the 150mm setting for a week, and got a bit
annoyed with the leg movement. But the 125mm setting is still a bit
difficult. So I chucked on some 137mm cranks, and I'm finding them to
be a good compromise. I'm 6'2" and 80kg, so they don't seem too long.
All in all, a great machine, and I'm having a ball bombing around on
it.
Cheers.
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ChrisG
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