Quantcast

Archive for April, 2006

Three Posts in Just One Day

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Don’t miss ‘em!

New GT Peace 29er Pictures
Bianchi returning to the 29 inch world?
Solitude Cycles decides to sell only 29ers

Solitude Cycles says only 29 inches

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
As of the 21st of April, Solitude Cycles has decided to limit its offering of custom frames to singlespeeds and 29″ / 700c wheels.
The first year of trading has been a steep learning curve and it has caused the business to evolve at a great rate, so we have decided to limit ourselves [...]

Bianchi To Return To 29″ers

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Many “old skoolers” might remember the Project 7 series bikes built by Bianchi back in the early 90’s. They really were one of the very first “29″ers” ever mass produced. Well, they didn’t have “the tire” ( WTB’s famous Nanoraptor) back then, but if they did, those Project series bikes would have been “true” 29″ers [...]

New GT Peace 29er Pictures

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

So GT Bicycles is coming out with a 29 inch rigid singlespeed. The Peace 29er.
I got these pictures from their technical division and will hopefully get some more information pretty soon.

 

 

 

On-One Carbon fork sample pics

Monday, April 17th, 2006

As you may have read, On-One is getting ready to make us the fork Bontrager promised us : reasonably priced, 29″, carbon.
We previously posted CAD images, and here’s the first sample pictures. Check out that crown!
Pics were taken in Taiwan at the factory, so no weight info yet.
You’ll notice the scratchmarks on powdercoated dropouts, [...]

Open letter to the manufacturers : Give us Gears

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

To my favorite mainstream bike manufacturer :
It’s great to see you TOO are exploring the riding traits and sales opportunities of the 29″ wheel! However, an incorrect memo seems to have been passed around that there’s but 2 ways to sell a 29″ bike :
1- Singlespeed Hardtail, preferably rigid, always steel
2- Full-Suspension, 27spd
Indeed, these two [...]