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Archive for June, 2008

WTB ‘08 29″er Tires: Stout Update

Monday, June 30th, 2008

We’re getting back to the WTB heavy hitter, the Stout 29″er tire. As I have said before, this is the most agressive, heaviest tire in the 29″er ranks and it puts this tire in a class all its own because of this.

I was soooo hoping I would have had a chance by now to [...]

A Couple Of Interesting New Models

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Recently Twenty Nine Inches has learned of a couple of new 2009 29″ers that are pretty interesting for completely different reasons.
First up we have GT Bicycles and their new “Zaskar 9r” hardtail. (You can get a sneak peek of it here) The venerable model, which has seen more variations and has been around about [...]

Gary Fisher Hi Fi Deluxe 29″er: Final Review

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It has been since last November that we have had the Gary Fisher Hi Fi Deluxe around here and now it is time to lay down my final thoughts on this 4 inch travel trail bike.

This bike is loaded with features and I have detailed out a few of them over the updates that [...]

Continental Mountain King 2.4″ Tire: Final Review

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

After several months and having ridden the Continental Mountain King in various conditions and on all types of terrain, I am ready to lay down my final verdict on this 29″er fatty.

As I have mentioned in the past, the Mountain King showed a mysterious capability to “grow” slightly through our testing period. I didn’t notice [...]

Is It Time To Lay The Triple Crank To Rest?

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

If you follow bicycle technology at all, especially road cycling technology, you probably know by now about the intentions of Campagnolo to bring three eleven speed gruppos to market for next year. To add to this, it also has been rumored for awhile now that component maker FSA is in development of a 11 speed [...]

Salsa “Sol Sessions”: The Big Mama

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Salsa Cycles has been working on this new full suspension platform for quite some time and now……here it is!

The Big Mama is a four inch travel suspension platform with several important features which I’ll get into a bit later. First off, I was able to get a chance to ride this bike on Sunday at [...]