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The sales assistant at the local bike shop tells me that 29ers can climb steeper hills than bikes with smaller wheels. He says that he has ridden 29ers up steep hills and found them to be superior climbers. I however have ridden alongside people on 29ers and not noticed a discernible difference. Nor do I see why increasing the wheel size of a bicycle would make bicycles climb steeper hills.
I am not at all interested in yet another debate about the theory of which particular wheel size is best. However I would love to hear about peoples actual experiences of hill climbing.
If you own both a 26er and a 29er do you notice any difference? Can one type of bike climb hills that another can't?
And if you ride along side riders using other wheel sizes do you notice that one particular type of bike makes it to the top of the hill when others have to get off and push?
Most probably this is just another case of the manufactures hype being believed?
I am not at all interested in yet another debate about the theory of which particular wheel size is best. However I would love to hear about peoples actual experiences of hill climbing.
If you own both a 26er and a 29er do you notice any difference? Can one type of bike climb hills that another can't?
And if you ride along side riders using other wheel sizes do you notice that one particular type of bike makes it to the top of the hill when others have to get off and push?
Most probably this is just another case of the manufactures hype being believed?