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I've been lurking around for a couple of months or so, reading reading reading and trying to workout the best bike build for me.
Let my just talk you through my situation.
I have a damaged knee (from a mountain bike crash) and an extra vertabrate fused to my lumbar spine (from birth), which means that I have to look after both when riding, but for the last few years I've been a 2000 specialized sworks m4 and it's killing me. So I've been looking to build a bike frame just for me.
I owned a Classic '97 Merlin Metalworks before I learnt that my back was damaged and loved it, so I thought I'd go for a Seven and because I'm 6'3" and 230lbs I thought I'd go for a 29er. Now because of my back I thought I'd go for a Teres softtail, but Seven do custom tubing for verticle compliance for people with bad backs.
So my question are;
Is the Teres worth its disadvantages for the increase in comfort?
or
Will a Sola 29er built to my spec, be a significant enough increase in comfort over my Specalized?
and
Do 29ers offer greater comfort for people like me? I imagine they would.
If I go hardtail I might go fully rigid, but I've also been loking at thudbusters etc. aaaarghhhh, I'm just not sure anymore, if only I could get my hands on one to ride!
Oh, and with this bike, I'll mostly be riding the fast smooth (muddy) singletrack of the south east UK.
Thanks in advance
John
Let my just talk you through my situation.
I have a damaged knee (from a mountain bike crash) and an extra vertabrate fused to my lumbar spine (from birth), which means that I have to look after both when riding, but for the last few years I've been a 2000 specialized sworks m4 and it's killing me. So I've been looking to build a bike frame just for me.
I owned a Classic '97 Merlin Metalworks before I learnt that my back was damaged and loved it, so I thought I'd go for a Seven and because I'm 6'3" and 230lbs I thought I'd go for a 29er. Now because of my back I thought I'd go for a Teres softtail, but Seven do custom tubing for verticle compliance for people with bad backs.
So my question are;
Is the Teres worth its disadvantages for the increase in comfort?
or
Will a Sola 29er built to my spec, be a significant enough increase in comfort over my Specalized?
and
Do 29ers offer greater comfort for people like me? I imagine they would.
If I go hardtail I might go fully rigid, but I've also been loking at thudbusters etc. aaaarghhhh, I'm just not sure anymore, if only I could get my hands on one to ride!
Oh, and with this bike, I'll mostly be riding the fast smooth (muddy) singletrack of the south east UK.
Thanks in advance
John