http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 29er hardtail length en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:27:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307582 Mon, 27 May 2019 19:09:43 +0000 dessert rat 307582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1950mm end to end </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307572 Mon, 27 May 2019 16:32:05 +0000 ejstubbs 307572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp: <em>I never did measure the previous one to make a direct comparison, but I would assume it's slightly shorter.</em></p> <p>But the fashion is for MTB frames to have rather slacker geometry these days, so you might find the that two factors cancel out.</p> <p>I'd have thought that there is so much potential variation in frame geometries between different bikes that it's pretty difficult to arrive at a reliable answer to steveo's question. But urchaidh's approach is the most likely to work <u>for a given bike</u>: wheelbase (i.e. the distance between the front and rear contact patches, often quoted by manufacturers) plus the diameter of one wheel including the width of the tyre. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307558 Mon, 27 May 2019 13:09:14 +0000 steveo 307558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah thats more what i was worried about 30cm might be a bit much to accommodate. Suppose if I've got it for a few days that'll be the first thing to check. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307550 Mon, 27 May 2019 12:47:06 +0000 urchaidh 307550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whyte give the wheelbase (axle to axle) of my 629 as 1177mm.<br /> A biggish 29" MTB tyre should be about 740mm diameter.<br /> So I'm *guessing* at around 1920mm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307547 Mon, 27 May 2019 12:43:54 +0000 jdanielp 307547@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo I bought the 27.5+ from Bike Trax. I didn't take an extended test run, but had several flexible test rides. The 29er came from EBC who were keen for me not to return it muddy despite it being the middle of winter. Not ideal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307541 Mon, 27 May 2019 12:33:06 +0000 steveo 307541@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>my little hardtail is 160cm, should be able to facilitate 15cm with a turn of the bars, they might actually fit together better, currently the handlebars of the mtb are exactly where the saddle of the cdf wants to be.</p> <p>@jdanielp, bike trax over extended test runs (hires with the cost returned if you buy) so I might end up with them. Probably do couple of hires down at GT too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307528 Mon, 27 May 2019 12:00:50 +0000 I were right about that saddle 307528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The SUNLIT Uplander is 180cm end to end. 40mm tyres and short fork so add another 5cm for safety? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307524 Mon, 27 May 2019 11:52:28 +0000 jdanielp 307524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo not sure - I never did measure the previous one to make a direct comparison, but I would assume it's slightly shorter. I certainly feel better around tighter corners on the 27.5+ than I did on the 29er, although it still isn't the most nimble in that regard, but it's amazingly stable.</p> <p>The mistake that I made with the purchase of the 29er was not spending enough time test riding it, whereas I took the 27.5+ out two or three times (including trying it with a shorter stem) before finally making the purchase. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307522 Mon, 27 May 2019 11:41:53 +0000 steveo 307522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers unhurt, It'll give me a baseline. I'd rather not have to take my measuring tape to the bike shop.</p> <p>@jdanielp my current mtb is so old there was only 26" when I bought it, I'm really going to have to have a load of test rides to see what I prefer. Presumably though the 27.5 is shorter than a 29er?</p> <p>@iwrats, how you feeling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307515 Mon, 27 May 2019 11:29:42 +0000 unhurt 307515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can measure the Longitude when I get home, but the geometry on that might mean it's especially lengthy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307469 Sun, 26 May 2019 19:08:42 +0000 I were right about that saddle 307469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll measure the SUNLIT Uplander when I've recovered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307460 Sun, 26 May 2019 15:01:28 +0000 jdanielp 307460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had one but found it rather too long for comfort so ended up selling it on. Having said that, I now have a 27.5+, which could become a 29er, and find that comfortable, although I did have to swap the stem to a shorter option. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19620#post-307459 Sun, 26 May 2019 14:39:21 +0000 steveo 307459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has anyone got a hardtail with 29" wheels they could do me a quick favour.</p> <p>I need to know the length of one from the leading edge of the front tyre to the very back of the rear. </p> <p>Reason I'm asking is if quite like a new mtb but my Sisko box is a fixed length and my mtb is a tight squeeze as it is. </p>