Salsa Cycles has updated it’s popular El Mariachi model for ‘08 with a new frame design. Also, Salsa says that it’s 29″ers have been tweaked to streamline the 29″ers on offer by them. The only exception is the Dos Niner, which by nature of it’s design will retain it’s look and feel.
The El Mariachi [...]

GT Bicycles, which had one lone 29″er in it’s line up for 2007, has expanded their offerings for ‘08 to include a disc brake equipped Peace single speed, a geared version of the Peace, and this I-Drive 29″er full suspension bike. The bike is called the Marathon 9R and is part of it’s Marathon series [...]

This picture of a Niner with 2.3 inch 29″er Racing Ralphs has surfaced on the Internet recently. Schwalbe, which previously had only a couple narrowish tires for off roading in a size they called “28 inch”, (Typical German designation for wide 700c trekking tires) now appears to have seen the light as these are reportedly [...]

Editors Note: This is a piece that also appeared on my blog: Guitar Ted Productions
Flex:It’s good in some places, other places- not so good.
Take front and rear triangles of a lot of 29″ers out there, particularly front triangles. They are too flexy. Too much twist, bend, and tweakage in all the wrong directions. [...]

Before and after. Great Frame. Greater ROCK.

Editors Note: This is the companion review to the Mavic C29ssMax wheel set review that Captain Bob wrote. He has these tires mounted to that wheel set. I have inserted some pertinent measurements and comments where necessary.
Another First For Captain Bob!
You may remember that just over a couple of weeks ago GT let you see [...]