When Fred (Wolfhound Cycles) said he wanted to build me a 29er XC bike to race on I was a little leary (I’m 5′7″), but this bike climbs and descends way better than my 26. My last hillclimb race I knocked 5 min off last years time!

At Interbike this year, I was so impressed with the Salsa Mamasita that I gave it my vote as the “Best 29″er of the Show”. After riding it today, it continues to impress! The opportunity to sling a leg over this fine bicycle was afforded to me by Jason Boucher and Mike Reimer of Salsa [...]

in Moab, UT for spring break

We all know Guitar Ted is in Iowa testing out the Cannondale Caffeine, riding some Salsa and plenty of carbon forks. However I’ve got my own 29er tests coming down the pipe soon.
Here on the east coast (Virginia for those that don’t know) over the winter/spring months I’ll be doing demos of the Gary [...]

Thanks to the kind folks at CannondaleTwenty Nine Inches is proud to announce that we have a Caffeine F-29 hardtail to test ride for an extended period of time. This is Cannondale’s first foray into the burgeoning field of 29″ers and it’s pretty impresive. Outfitted with the Lefty Speed Bonded DLR fork and Sram X-7 [...]