Right on! Bravo! Now I am hearing some rational thinking! I was at another forum where I was told that if I was riding a 29er without knobby tires that I wasn't even in the same league as mountain bikers! ??? Just because I don't ride off road doesn't change the fact that my bike is classified as a mountain bike! What kinds of tires and where I choose to ride shouldn't have any bearing on the conversation. Thanks!