Originally Posted by
Pwnt
I bought one and found it to be way too tall for me on obstacles. It felt like I was way in the air, and when you missed. It seemed to hurt a lot more. It got to the point I was backing out on attempts at obstacles that I would have normally tried on a regular MTB. I also found I was more timid on the decents because I didn't trust the wheel size. It always seemed noodley to me. When you getting bet going up and going down, it's time for a new bike. Sold it with in a month or two and went back to the 26 in.
Much happier now.
Sounds like you had a bike with a higher bottom bracket. That has nothing to do with a 29er. Maybe there is one out there you would like and plenty of 26ers with higher bottom brackets.