Hi everyone I just brought a giant STP zero looking at getting back into riding again and I need some new tyres I currently have maxxis choice roller 26x2.4 on front and maxxis ikon 26x2.2 on the back any advise on what to get I ride a bit on the road as well and is there much advantage of having the UST tyres ?

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Im contemplating upgrading from my current ride (a Giant Trance 29er) to a Pivot - I particularly like the idea of the long suspension travel, whilst maintaining rideability on hills they claim on the Firebird and Mach 5.7 models.

Is this fan fare media / advert hype or does the quality and build reflect what I assume would be a hefty price tag?

I been toying with the idea of building up a single speeder.

What I want to know is: would it be better to buy a frame that you can adapt from being a single speeder to a cassette driven bike using spacers or if its better just to get the real deal. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Also toying with the notion of looking at a titanium frame.Any recommendations or thoughts?

Thanks

Just looking for a few thoughts on wheel-related events over the past few weeks.

Last weekend I'm out riding oxford falls and hit a rock pretty hard. 29 inch Roval Traverse wheel from a pretty much brand new stumpy evo 29er completely destroyed. I'm thinking fair enough- I hit it hard and killed a rim. Move on. (although i've never done it on a 26 inch rim).