So i’m thinking of getting a muni for the summer, but I need a size that will let me be able to keep up with my b*ker friends while still being able to climb easily and breeze downhill. Any thoughts?
It seems like you want a mythical uni… it really doesn’t exist unless you build yourself a 24" or 26" geared uni (guni)… even then, keeping up with bikers is not really a uni’s forte’
I ride a 26" Surly Conundrum with a 3.8 Larry tire, up and downhill is fine but keeping up with mountain bikers who know what they’re doing is pretty hard.
hehe, the kids I ride with aren’t very experienced. They take it slow and use their brakes the whole way down the hills. It’s kind of boring riding a bike with them and I wanted a new challenge on the mountains. I’m pretty broke right now also so geared unis are not an option.
If you’re riding with bikes and going ungeared, I’d definitely go for a 29er.
I would second this… or my set-up with the huge tire, it gives the uni an effective diameter of 29" even though the wheel is 26".