This just in : IRD Tires to be released soon.  Panaracer is in the midst of making these tires for IRD as I write this so hopefully we will see more proto’s in the future.  Rumor is Pacenti has a pair to try out so maybe he will pipe up for information.  It looks like [...]

Twenty Nine Inches has purchased a set of Maxxis Ardent tires to test and review. The Ardent is a new offering from Maxxis in its 29″er line of tires which also includes the Ignitor and the CrossMark.

The Ardents feature a width listed at 2.25″ and have a folding bead. The tires also feature a 60 [...]

Twenty Nine Inches has recieved a new Spinner “2Nine RLC” suspension fork to test and review. The Spinner line up consists of three different versions of the 2Nine, but the “RLC” model is the only one getting wide distribution here in the States. The RLC is the air sprung version of the 2Nine.

The 2Nine [...]

Slowly I am riding more and more commuter and road miles than dirt.  It is simply that time of year when the trails aren’t ridable do to hurricane’s aftermath, days of rain and trail coordinators that don’t want to build weather resistant trails.
Commuting on the 650b Ala Carte has been an exciting adventure.  As I [...]

Recently Twenty Nine Inches started its testing of the Origin 8 Black Ops 29″er carbon fork, which we introduced to you here.

We decided upon the optional 430mm axle to crown fork. (Note: The Origin 8 spec says this fork is 420mm axle to crown, but we measured it out at 430mm. Additionally, this 29″er fork [...]

We have been tipped off to a possiblity that Niner is working on a carbon fork for you rigid riding 29″er freaks out there. The fork, which was spotted on the front of a prominently known single speeders rig at the recently held Single Speed World Championships held in Napa Valley, California over the weekend, [...]