It has begun already. KHS were seen with a 650 at the world champs apparently.
I dislike the 29er notion because they look f#@king stupid. I've always seen it as a way for road riders to buy a boutique mountain bike that they feel at home on and ride badly around mountain bike trails. I'm all for people ditching the road stuff and getting into mountain biking but when that amateur dude comes along and tells me his lap would be quicker than mine because his wheel is a different size pisses me off. When a seasoned mountain bike rider steps onto a 29er and tells me it is better because it does certain things differently or better or worse or whatever then I'll pay attention and have a conversation with the guy as he may actually have some idea what he's on about. I value the opinion of someone who's ridden all sizes a lot, not someone who read a sponsored magazine review.
