Hot 29″er Rumors
March 7th, 2007 by Guitar TedHearing now that a Specialized Epic 3 X 3 travel 29″er prototype is being currently tested along with a Rock Shox longer offset fork. This along with the full on Fuel 29″er which is also being confirmed makes it look as though a widely available XC oriented, full suspension 29″er is coming very soon to a shop near you!
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It’s not a longer offset Rock Shox fork, it’s a Specialized fork. This test bike also has two new 29′er 2.3 tires that look very similar to Maxxis Crossmark tread, but carry the Specialized name on them.
swolfe: Thanks for that. I was being a bit vague on purpose so as to not upset certain people out there.
My opinion is that Specialized is making a big mistake if they don’t get a Fox shock on the front of their 29″er, but that’s just me!
Most of the Specialize tires look eeerily similar to Maxxis tires….
Oh, and I will have production drawings of a New 29er frame in the next few days…this isn’t a new guy in the bike market, or an old guy jumping on the bandwagon….just a great guy, hooking a few of the local boys up with what we’ve been begging for!