Archive for January, 2008
Who Does “Monstercross”?
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Monstercross, that category of bike that isn’t quite a 29″er, and isn’t really legal for “true” cross racing in most sanctioned circles. The category of big wheeled bikes that blurs the lines between road and mountain bike. If you are not familiar with “monster cross” type bikes, here is a loose definition of the breed.
A [...]
OS Bikes Blackbuck: First Look
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Here is the finished build of the OS Bikes Blackbuck that Twenty Nine Inches will be testing soon. ( As soon as our trails clear up!) I thought I would post up these images so that everyone could see just what we’ve got to work with here.
The build itself went without incident. The frame [...]
Titanium Rumors
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Titanium seems to be making a bit of a comeback as a popular choice for hardtail mountain bikes again and 29″ers are not exempt. Twenty Nine Inches is hearing some rumors and soft news regarding the grayish hued wonder metal.
Lynskey Performance Designs, which showed a cruiser bike recently, is going to also show a belt [...]
OS Bikes Blackbuck: On Test
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Twenty Nine Inches will be testing this frame (and a rigid fork) in the upcoming months from OS Bikes. As we have reported before, the frame only comes in one size, and it just happens to fit me. Since that was the case, I went ahead and ponied up for the frame and fork option. [...]
650B: Is Their Life After The Buzz?
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Recently I have come across some questions regarding my thoughts on where this 650B mountain bike “thing” is going. I have reserved posting on anything related to this wheel size since Interbike (with the exception of the Fox warning) since I was waiting to see what might develop myself.
While there was a considerable “buzz” [...]







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