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Title: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: wussy67 on February 21, 2008, 09:26 AM: check these out off the Rob and Big show

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/u74/wussy67/RobBig29inPK.jpg)

how mint are they :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: SaMAlex on February 21, 2008, 09:30 AM: I dont know the show, but from the sounds of it the big guy could do with spending less time in his expensive cars and more time walking. One lap of a BMX track and he got taken away in an ambulance! "Get some exercise mate"
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 09:30 AM: The words flogged to death spring to mind.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: dialledbikes on February 21, 2008, 10:24 AM: I'm a big looptail Ripper fan, but 29'ers are just wrong :(
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 12:56 PM: I like the idea of 29'ers but a 29" Ripper just looks wrong.

I like 29" single sped bikes as they're very practical, but are an aquired taste. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: dialledbikes on February 21, 2008, 01:54 PM: Aren't 29'ers a bit big for you, Si ;)
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 02:01 PM: Too big for a bit taller than Spen like me but I still appreciate their purpose.

I've just bought a really cool urban bike, I'll post some pics tonight. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: pickle on February 21, 2008, 03:10 PM: didn't Gary Fisher bring a 29er out about 8 years ago? never took on then so i'm sure it won;t now :-\
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: dialledbikes on February 21, 2008, 03:17 PM: 29'ers are quite popular amongst the MTB XC crowd at the moment. Like Zippy says, they're an acquired taste. And definitely more suited to taller riders and riders who don't like to get air under their wheels.

It's a very silly idea for a BMX bike, but I'm guessing that Ripper 29'er wasnt intended to be a serious BMX bike, more like a marketing opportunity to make a celeb a bike.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: zed4130 on February 21, 2008, 03:28 PM: yeah rob gary fisher did do a 29'er ??? but it never took off, i think he was trying to re-invent something he was part of inventing in the first place, if that makes sense :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: pickle on February 21, 2008, 03:57 PM: Quote from: ZED on February 21, 2008, 03:28 PM
yeah rob gary fisher did do a 29'er ??? but it never took off, i think he was trying to re-invent something he was part of inventing in the first place, if that makes sense :LolLolLolLol:

yeah i thought he did......didn't he actually call it 'the 29er'? legend in the MTB world but i've not seen too many (if any) out on the trails?
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: dialledbikes on February 21, 2008, 04:58 PM: You'd be surprised how popular 29'ers have become/are becoming in MTB'ing.

They don't interest me in the slightest though.

My local bike shop got one in as a demo bike. The owner took it out and tried to bunnyhop something that would have been easy on a 26", but said he fell off on the 29'er cos it just didn't like getting airborne.

As I said, good for tall blokes who don't like getting air.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 05:12 PM: I've got a couple of 29" mtn bikes in my shop and you'd be surprissed how many people stop and look at them.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: zed4130 on February 21, 2008, 07:14 PM: they do nothing for me, 26inch is fine on a mtb,, nice and stable, if its not broke and all that jazz ;)
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM: I agree but it's nice to see cycling evolving and seeing the different paths it takes.

It wasn't long ago that you either had a road bike or a mountain bike, but now the options are a lot more varied.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: zed4130 on February 22, 2008, 06:08 AM: Quote from: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM
I agree but it's nice to see cycling evolving and seeing the different paths it takes.

It wasn't long ago that you either had a road bike or a mountain bike, but now the options are a lot more varied.

i agree, but as been riding for along time now,ive gone back to what i know and love ,or you end up with to many bikes :LolLolLolLol: allso you get use to one bike , for me now,its 1 mtb 1 roadbike , and 1 bmx, kind off all i need ;)
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: oldmankev on February 22, 2008, 10:44 AM: Makes the 20" look like a pit bike.
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: Zippy on February 22, 2008, 10:47 AM: Quote from: ZED on February 22, 2008, 06:08 AM
Quote from: Zippy on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM
I agree but it's nice to see cycling evolving and seeing the different paths it takes.

It wasn't long ago that you either had a road bike or a mountain bike, but now the options are a lot more varied.

i agree, but as been riding for along time now,ive gone back to what i know and love ,or you end up with to many bikes :LolLolLolLol: allso you get use to one bike , for me now,its 1 mtb 1 roadbike , and 1 bmx, kind off all i need ;)

I'm the same except it's one hybrid instead of 1 mountain bike and 1 road bike. I do have 10 bmx's though :2funny:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: wussy67 on February 25, 2008, 12:23 PM: there not going into production just a one off for the Rob and Big show just thought they were funny :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: perry on February 25, 2008, 12:59 PM: oh how your going to have a chuckle at me :-[

glanced at the pic

thought ok , a group shot of bikes made for the 2 fellas

read a bit and couldnt decide if it was the 29" wheel size or a 29" top tube

looked harder at the pics

looked to see if another pic was waiting to load , kinda a side on of a 29er

then it twigged after i spied a pedal

those arnt cruisers and a 12" for a child , thats a 20" :-[ :-[ :2funny: :-[ next to a group of 29ers

ive seen 29" cross country bikes but those look massive :shocked:
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: magna13 on February 25, 2008, 03:44 PM: Lol The 20" PK Looks like a lil ripper compared to those 29"ers
Title: Re: CHECK OUT THE 29" LOOP TAIL P K RIPPER
Post by: darkersomeday on February 29, 2008, 04:10 PM: "12,"20,"29,
shopper,hybrid,roadbike next?
i think its fairly safe to say by this point that the legendary "pk ripper" name is fooked,

like a corporate rape victim left on the roadside, make-up all smudged and pants round its ankles, degraded, feeling worthless........

"pk" what?

SE racing,

you guys suck.