Am I the only one that’s sick of the Specialized 29inch thing?
For years now they have been stalwart about not coming out with a 29er (oh wait… they won’t even call it a 29er) and now it’s supposed to be this big f’n deal that they’re about to release one. All this secrecy and [...]

This is my Kona Unit. King hubs and headset, Raceface crank, Reba, Stans front rim, Mavic 317 back rim, triple butted spokes. Avid juicy seven brakes.

I just got a peek at an email that was allegedly sent to Specialized dealers today announcing that the “2008 Specialized product lineup will include a number of mountain bike models with 29-inch wheels.”
They gave a bit of an excuse for not already releasing a big wheeled model saying it would have forced them to [...]

The Big Wheeled Ballyhoo is coming up in just a few months and we need an “official” logo/look for this thing. So there’s gonna be a contest…
Design the sweetest logo for the Ballyhoo and you’ll win a set of Zion 29er Forks plus an additional entry into the event raffle, which means you could [...]

Hello again! I’m back from a brief vacation and illness to give you a few things that I have been mulling over during my time off.
I was able to ride my Dos Niner on a really rocky, technical South Western trail last week which brought to mind a few interesting things. One: That 29″er wheels [...]

Looking for thoughts on building a 29er that could do it all, I recently came across the GT Zum series of bikes and it got me thinking about the following:

29er frame
Front suspension (with lockout)
Disc Brakes
Flat bars
Compact Drive road crank or Road Triple
MTB cluster in the back
Two sets of disc rims, one for MTB tires, the [...]