Comments on: Specialized 29er: Confirmed

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:22:49 +0000

I dunno about Bigfoot, Zen, etc… I think it should go:
Rock - Hopper
Stump - Jumper
Mesa - Leaper

Or maybe Sequoia Leaper.

By: HankDog

HankDog — Tue, 15 May 2007 02:07:14 +0000

Hmm weird. i have a Specialized crosstrail xpert thats a 29er. From what i understand its been out for a while now. sports borough x-c tires and mostly shimano components, and disc brakes. light as a feather too and im riding a 19.5 in frame.

By: rockhound

rockhound — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:31:44 +0000

Now if anyone makes a 29er from this point on, they will get a call from the lawyers at Special-ed.

By: English Bob

English Bob — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:04:42 +0000

I was wondering if Mountain Cycle would make a 29″ Zen, but I guess that will never happen now.

By: oldgreengo

oldgreengo — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:59:29 +0000

I was told this at the LBS, Stumpjumper M4 geared hardtail. Three levels. Mid level at $1500.00. Availible August 2007. More info mid July. Had a M2 Stumpy hardtail, maybe the best 26″ I’ve owned. I’ll get on the list for one as soon as sizing is up.

By: Name:este

Name:este — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:41:39 +0000

Oh yeah, and I heard somewhere that they are gonna try to call it something other then a 29er since that�s what Fisher dubbed it.

They could call it 29″er.

By: Cloxxki

Cloxxki — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:53:02 +0000

If I were them, I’d go all the way.

1- S-Works hardtail, the way Specialized does hardtail, and the way 29″ riders like their bikes.
2- Idem, Epic.
3- Totally retro. Eye catcher. Late-80’s style steel hardtail, in 29″. Made such that even the retro freaks will have to look twice of trice to be sure it’s not an original or proto from back in the days. A tribute to how MTB’ing went mainstream for all of the world, and where the market has gone recently. A new 6-spd setup would be appropriate. Side flange spacing, the works. But built and painted like 20 years ago.

By: Sevo

Sevo — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:05:47 +0000

I’d buy one. It’s the only mass produced frame company I’ve liked. I’ll second that the S-Works steel was one of the best frames they ever made. I had mine for 3 year which is a record since I typically swap up ever year…didn’t feel the need to do so with my S-works steel. Poor Man’s ti. Beautiful.

I’ll agree, they better offer an S-works model of some sort. I’ll take a carbon because they are doing some cool things now a days. But anything would be cool and I’d definetly try one out.

By: trainwreck

trainwreck — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:55:09 +0000

maybe they will call it stump-humper and sue themselves for using the word stump in the name of one of their own bikes.

By: monk3y mike

monk3y mike — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:50:55 +0000

It would have to be a S-works with Carbon bits, if not the whole thing. Specialized is doing some very cool design stuff. I had one of their E5 race bikes (I had delusions of road racing) and was very impressed with the carbon parts.

But yeah Ted & Tim, the bike had better be wicked-cool or else it’s going to flop. I think an S-works gearie would find a nice niche in the racer/high-end market. Especially if cross-bred with the Epic platform…