Originally Posted by
fishboy316
I also think tires could help. I changed my wheels and tires over to 27.5 with 3.8 Hodags on my Farley 7 and made all the difference in the world. Kept most of the climbing power and seem to be much faster. In normal conditions I run @8-10 lbs. Really changed the performance of the bike! Just FYI. I ran it in a 16 mile race in Maryland and finished 3rd in my class at 60YO.
Congrats on your placement!
Did you have to change your rims to put the 27.5s on (I've heard that there are some tires that fit on 26ers but have the same size as 27.5s)?
I'd really like to go with 27.5s, I just don't want to buy new rims just yet (have other bikes that need loving too, which gets expensive, and there's other upgrades, 1x, that I'd like to do first).
Thanks for the suggestion