Haro Aluminum 29″er Prototype Surfaces
August 26th, 2007 by Guitar Ted
This news comes from The Bike Biz Babe’s blog and depicts a new Haro aluminum prototype model that appears will become available in some form or another in the spring of ‘08. In another attempt to bring 29″er prices down below the $1000.00 level, Haro is going to kit this bike out to be a more affordable model in response to feedback from their highly successful Mary line up.
Although this certainly will not be the final spec for the production model, the green RST M-29 fork is pretty cool and would be a fine spec to compete with the usual Rock Shox Dart forks that will be common on sub $1000.00 29″er hardtails in ‘08. Let’s hope it makes the cut.
We’ll be poking around at Interbike to find out more on this new model from Haro. Stay tuned!
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What is the fork on that prototype? Is that an RST?
Yes that is a RST Fork.
I hope the RST fork stays on as final spec - I’m enjoying mine quite a bit. That color is cool too.
Me likey
The spec on the Motobecane Fantom currently on sale on the ‘bay for $649 shipped pretty much proves that a sub 1k bike already exists. RS Fork, XT rear der and Deore shifters, Truvativ cranks etc, etc. Wait til they come out with a sub 1k SuperFly model though, and it wouldn’t take much either, just a change to the Kinesium tubing…..
and p.s. That trek ad with the party in the front and business in the back is the lamest attempt at marketing I have seen in a long time. Goes along nicely with the whole 69er concept actually……..but to each his own.