welcome back you beautiful people now i'm a big fan like the biggest fan ever of the trustee hotel
i've done some extreme events on this hardtail right here this is a 27.5 minute proof scout
but my curiosity is wandering like a cat what about a 29er i've never tried a 29-inch wheeled
hardtail i've actually stolen this one from neil this is neil's bike it's 29 it's a canyon
stoic i love the color it's incredible it's a medium-sized frame but i'll get into the specs
in a bit i want to know what is the best wheel size for a hardtail because i've always ridden at
27.5 never have i ridden a 29er right i'm ready i'm actually quite excited i've got goosebumps
before we get nitty-gritty get all muddy and thrashing these rigs around
out here in the woods i'm going to talk about the bikes that i'm going to be riding
now some of you may know my new proof scout but the ones that don't
say hello to my new proof scout it's a medium-sized frame uh the biggest change
i've done to this bike is upgrading the front end of it i've put on a bigger fork a 170 mil fork
so i can just plow everywhere and not worry about it because it's a hard tail and uh
that's rough anyway the wheels on this bike there are spank wheels uh a 359 on the rear and a 350
on the front i'm not going to go into too much tech because we've done a video all about that
linked in the description down below if you want to know full spec about my bike uh dropper post 1
by 12. the tyres i'm running are victoria mazzer enduro spectare it's a heavy duty tire so 2.6
front and rear i've actually got inserts in the front and in the rear because uh hey you
get a lot of punctures on the hardtail and i do like to ride this thing really hard
i'm clipped in i've got four part calipers aggressive downhill braking yeah that is my
new proof scout over here is neil's bike this is the canyon stoic i love the color
look at this green big fan of green the size of the frame it's a medium sized frame so it's on par
with that one medium and medium i'm a short guy this is my size frame the forks on this bike now
this is a 140 mil fork on the front 29 inch wheels front and rear on fsa gradient carbon wheels so
it's a little bit more lightweight aggressive but lightweight this bike is really light i actually
don't know the weight of it but it feels very light he went for a light build uh the tyres
now these are the victoria mazza but these are the trail tyres so it's the lightweight one
it's got a nice gray sidewall 2.4 front and rear um aggressive brakes four part again
one by 12 dropper wide bars some red grips and a red bit of ergon going on i like it a lot
the one the first thing i look at it is massive makes my little bike over there look like a 26
right enough of the rigs let's get dirty and let's ride these things i'm going to ride the
27.1 27.5 on first and then i'm going to come on to this because i feel like the jump from
the smaller wheel to the bigger wheel is going to be a i'm gonna feel it right
location now i've come to the infamous wind hill i know this place like the back of my
hand i love it it caters for everything i need to throw these two bikes at it techy stuff flow
jumps climbing fire roads everything i need to do to put these two bikes through the paces
now i'm going to ride my 27.5 bike first because i actually know it like the back of my hand like
this spot ridden it quite hard and to warm up i'm going to hit some jumps style steez because
that's i love doing that that's a great way to warm up and i feel like the the smaller wheel
might be better what i feel like it is i've never ridden a 29er right flow this way
29er canyon stoic neil's bike
actually nicktoon hopefully he doesn't mind first impressions when i get on
feels like a lodge feels massive man it the reach is big bigger wheels
let's go and let's go find out style steez flow let's go down here
first impressions like i said right at the top i'm brake checking a hell of a lot this is way quicker
a hundred percent in the rough haven't really hit much rough yet but on the jumps it does
feel like a badge it's big to move around 29 inch wheels maybe because i'm not so used to
it i've actually done one run i think i need to do more runs to kind of get into the gist of things
but the 27.5 and stuff like this where you're moving and
jump it it's just a bit easier but this oh my gosh it's a it's a steam train it goes quick
it's weird i'm drop i'm chopping and changing between each bike
the stoics up there in the sun i'm running this one on these berms here arcade trail and uh
i literally just got off that one onto this did this run straight away way slower
way slower like a dramatic change in speed in the trail rolling speed everything but
way more nimble for obvious reasons the tie the wheels are smaller way more nimble to throw around
but have a hell of a lot slower in the trail i'm not brake checking i'm actually using the corners
to gain speed whereas that i'm just riding them and brake checking that's something wow hey
wonder what it's going to be like in a race let's talk about race let's go do a time run
on a fairly rough trail and see which one will be faster it's a bit techy it's a bit fast oh
oh my 27.5 oh boy you gotta fight hard
race run 29er let's go
right ladies and gentlemen we always thrive to find the the best thing in life for us now for me
it's about the best i can get out of a bike and i'll tell you what whilst riding some rough stuff
like these dudes on the full suspension bikes the hardtail 27.5 or 29. what is the best for me
today has blown my mind i know 29 is really good on a trail bike on a full suspension bike
just like that one over there but for me a hard tail oh my gosh man like riding through here this
is this is rough this is really rough okay i've ridden something that's rougher than this on 27.5
wishing i had a 29er now after riding a 29er aggressively on terrain like this blows my mind
i am actually swaying towards the 29er on a hardtail what is the best for me
ah dude i'm excited i actually like the change but find out at the end of the
video to see if i actually go with a 29 or do i stay with 27.5 and i go up and get my 27.5
so we've done the racing challenge now we're at the bottom of the hill
it's only fair to do another challenge right a technical climbing challenge
to get back to the top because i want to ride that trail again because it was super fun
there's a techie one some switchbacks got some roots it's a bit slippery it's a bit
slimy and all that let's see which one will get me to the top with ease and a bit easier than
i it's just i'm not going to say it it could
be the 29 actually the bikes are down here it could be the 29. huh
i after uh recovering from that techy steepy sloppy slimy climb uh you know what the 29er
for me felt like it was easier to climb it rolled over stuff a lot better there's roots in there
this was nicer it was about a little bit longer than this but for some reason
it's just different that's different company different stuff but the 20 the 27.5 oh my gosh
i felt small man what i'm gravitating
i'm gravitating there you go i'm gravitating towards the 29er
you know what the curiosity is killing me it's like curious to kill the cat it's killing me
yeah today was really really fun i absolutely loved it riding a bike the hardtail is my
favorite thing i'm the biggest fan of the hardtail and my curiosity my cute my
my curiosity all right there we go i got it is the 29er the best wheel size for the
hardtail or is the 27.5 well i'll tell you what okay the difference between the two
is astronomical this is clearly way faster than this this is clearly way more nimble on the trail
than this one but after a whole day's riding on each bike jumping from one saddle to the other
comparing i you know this is a personal choice i like it and i thought i'd film it because
it's a big it's a big it's a big choice to have 27.5 or 29er for me i think it's
time to change because i've had this bike for nearly two and a half years and i've ridden it
as hard as i possibly can i feel like i can venture into the new world into a new realm
of a 29-inch bike i think it's time to change from 27.5 to 29. i'm not going to take this one
because this is neil's bike and i've stolen his forks before and i don't want to steal his bike
now because i don't think he'll be my friend after that so i think a 29 inch nukeproof scout
i think it's time to upgrade this i got goosebumps man it's been like i actually built
a hardtail in my garage based around the 29-inch nuke-proof scout and i put 29-inch wheels on it
just because i was curious on is it better and i've done a video comparing two different bikes
with two different size wheels and i feel like the 29 is good and uh maybe this is a little bit
of information for you if you're looking for a hardtail is it going to be 27.5 the question or
is it going to be a 29 inch now an everyday bike i would i would say the 29er is a bit
better than the 27.5 but before we end this whole video times okay because i did a race drum roll
97 seconds 93 seconds it is a clear winner that is faster if that's
any information for you to know that which is faster and there we go there we go my uh
my curiosity is killed i'm done i think that's it end of the video thank you very much cup of
tea joey do you want a cup of tea definitely want a cup of tea farewell 27.5 29er right