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Hey Guys. Haven't been riding in a long time. Haven't been on this forum in longer. Long story short, i had to sell my Habit carbon, and now the only bike i have left is my '13 F29 carbon that i kind of hate riding, and which, at the moment, has a broken front rim... so, i need to do something about this, because i want to get back into riding.
My main issue is that the insanely steep head tube and 90mm travel are not particularly conducive to my style of riding. I thought i was going to get into racing back when i got it, but that's just not me. i'd rather just ride leisurely and have fun. AFAIK the 90 is not convertible to 100mm?
Here are a couple ideas i had, and hoping i could get some thoughts from you guys.
1) since i have a broken front rim, i was thinking to lace up a 27.5 diameter, wide front rim and go 27.5+ on it to keep the geo the same. or go 27.5+ on the whole bike, which would be tough due to narrow rear triangle.
2) buy a frame (probably steel) that's meant for ~100-110mm fork and go 29+ up front which will give me a diameter difference of approx 40mm (so 20mm added to "fork" for geo purposes).
just need to do something different and get back into riding.
My main issue is that the insanely steep head tube and 90mm travel are not particularly conducive to my style of riding. I thought i was going to get into racing back when i got it, but that's just not me. i'd rather just ride leisurely and have fun. AFAIK the 90 is not convertible to 100mm?
Here are a couple ideas i had, and hoping i could get some thoughts from you guys.
1) since i have a broken front rim, i was thinking to lace up a 27.5 diameter, wide front rim and go 27.5+ on it to keep the geo the same. or go 27.5+ on the whole bike, which would be tough due to narrow rear triangle.
2) buy a frame (probably steel) that's meant for ~100-110mm fork and go 29+ up front which will give me a diameter difference of approx 40mm (so 20mm added to "fork" for geo purposes).
just need to do something different and get back into riding.