Originally Posted by Buzzbomb
I doubt that courses will be redesigned. 29ers are capable of technical xc stuff. Doubt anyone would want to ride northshore with one though. I ride xc, and don't hack on northshore stuff even if it's not for me... I guess it just boils down to you ride the trails you have, and buy a bike based on what you ride, right?
PS: 29ers were born on the Colorado front range, pretty dumbed down terrain there, no?
Definately..I wasn't dissing 29ers...and by technical I don't really mean hard...colorado is hard just not the same kind of hard I like. Most xc races on tV now are long, lots of uphill but nothing I would consider tech. 29ers are gonna smoke just about all those races. Just not my thing, I would rather see tight and technical instead.
I would never put north shore stuff on a xc race..
(even though I love north shore stuff)