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Archive for May, 2008

Origin 8 Aluminum Scout 29″er

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Origin 8, who will be at the upcoming Big Wheeled Ballyhoo, have finally taken inventory of their aluminum version of the Scout 29′er.

Continental Mountain King 2.4″: Update

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Across the inner-web-o-sphere there has been some talk of how the Continental Mountain king has not “measured up” size-wize, and also how it stretches after mounting. Some of the claims may be a bit on the “generous” side, shall we say, but here I offer up for your approval what i have found in my [...]

Rawland Cycles are Almost Here

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Late last week I received an email to let me know that the Rawland frames should be in to the states within a month. Teamed up with the Quasi Moto tires that will be arriving around the same time these bikes should really rock for all types of riding and terrain.
Back in February I [...]

Intense EX-2 Stickey Lite Tires: First Impressions

Monday, May 26th, 2008

I was finally able to get out a bit on these new Intense tires and see just what they had going for them. Here are a few of my initial observations.

I was able to hit up some dry dirt and rode to and from the ride on some pavement. The first thing I noted was [...]

Pre Order Quasi Moto’s Now!

Monday, May 26th, 2008

650b.com has been reviewing a pair of Quasi Moto’s for a few months now.  The tires were pre-production samples that were sent out to a select 650b crowd.  You can read my previous reviews here and here.
If you are XC rider, or someone that can’t barely fit a Neo Moto tire into their converted 26″ [...]

Big Wheeled Ballyhoo 2008

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

It’s time again for that get together of big wheeled afficiandos from all over. The Big Wheeled Ballyhoo will occur in less than a month from now in Decorah, Iowa on June 21st and 22nd. You can click on the link for more information, but here are some salient points and features for you here.

The [...]