Originally Posted by Medic Zero

+1

This describes my feeling about them exactly. Maybe a person gets used to 29ers offroad, but to me it was obviously different, but not in a way I liked.

The only place I'd be tempted by a 29er is if someone built an old geometry MTB 29er for me to use as a tourer. Then I'd actually get the benefit from the larger wheels. In city, on my commute? The stop go would make the bigger wheels more work than my 26 inch wheels. If the roads weren't so rough here I'd consider going down to 20" wheels because of all the stop and go.