realskiers

Jim not fitting into your car is pretty much the worst reason ever.

Part of me does think that its the bike industries way of selling something new, but the other part of me realizes that if there was a demand for short travel/hardtail 26inch bikes more companies would keep making them.

BTW Scott bikes only 26inch wheeled mtbs next year are youth models and their DH bikes.

In stowe i am actually one of the few 29 inch riders and get alot of flack  for it, with that said the only 2 guys and one gal in stowe that are faster up and/or down than me are a Pro Cyclocross rider sometimes MTber (jamey Driscoll), Pro Road rider but also a MTber(Josh Dillen), and Pro going to Olympics MTBer(Lea Davison) and they all ride 29ers..... The girl is the fastest out of them all.