Zoom wrote:Anyone travelled with their 29er in a Ground Effect Tardis? Will it fit?

From what I understand, the bike will fit, but the wheels will require the tyres being removed so they can fit in the wheel pockets. Then the tyres just become spacers/padding for packing with.

Lynskey wrote:

jeyboi wrote:Had my third ride on this today

You're a bit shit sometimes, man

Righto

Built it up last friday, spent the weekend on the roadbike, rode Kaukau etc Wednesday, and Tip Track on Friday, Makara yesterday. Don't know why I'm a bit shit?

jeyboi wrote:

Lynskey wrote:

jeyboi wrote:Had my third ride on this today

You're a bit shit sometimes, man

Righto

Built it up last friday, spent the weekend on the roadbike, rode Kaukau etc Wednesday, and Tip Track on Friday, Makara yesterday. Don't know why I'm a bit shit?

Lol i'm just tryin to say i'm jealous bro, not being a dick.

Haha, no worries - never can tell on the internet

Is anyone else out there snapping chains like me? I just about to fit my 14th in 28 months.

I've tried XT, XTR, SRAM 961, 971 and 991 plus a kmc cheapy for good measure.

edit: and yes I do clean and lube after every ride.

Possibly shifting technique, too much cross chain riding, I presume this is a geared bike not an SS?

Where are they snapping? It sound like you've either got a technique / frame issue, or you've not fitting the chains correctly.

Broke a few on my SS Karate Monkey. Of course, I am a fat arse with pretty powerful legs so that is to be expected. Grange at Cycle Addiction tells me that they used to break chains on the SSrs quite a bit until moving to 1/8 pitch - a little heavier, but worth it in reliability.

Might be a bent tooth?

i raced my dads one, im 15 and only 1.67m tall andi dropped 3mins in a 20km night race. my next mtb will defs be a 29er

pushbikerider wrote:Possibly shifting technique, too much cross chain riding, I presume this is a geared bike not an SS?

Well, I'll admit to the odd graunchy shift - but don't we all? I think I might have broken one chain in the whole time I was riding 26" so in my mind it does seem to be since I moved to 29er.

Probably the most common FAIL is pulling a pin straight out at the start of a pinch climb - with the chain then flying off onto the track.

It sounds like something is amiss, but just what is hard. The "pin" popping out - is it the joining pin, or are you using quick links?

Chain to short ?
Full suspension bike.

Type of bike and gear set up would be handy to know. There is no reason a 29er would snap chains more then a 26". It will come down to bike set up or riding style.

Chains don't just break on their own. Gotta be poor set-up or technique. Shifting under load isn't healthy (from what I remember from riding geared bikes back in the day).
And for the record 1/8" chains aren't any stronger than 3/32". Just wider rollers that allow more area on the teeth to spread the load out on.

I've never broken a chain on a SS and that's 8 years of hard riding. I've sure worn out a sh*t load though.