Comments on: 29″er “Nabs” People’s Choice Award At NAHBS

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:47:56 +0000

dirtsurfer: You might be interested to know that the builder built this for himself, tested it pre-paint, and plans on riding it now after NAHBS in British Columbia. (The only thing he’s not going to use is the wooden seat post)

By: dirtsurfer

dirtsurfer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:56:57 +0000

Cool looking bike, but does it work? In other words, how does it actually ride?

Bike art IMO, not very practical. Hopefully this type of bike doesn’t set the standard for what bike will win at the NAHMBS.

By: oliver

oliver — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:35:36 +0000

I hear what you are saying, but 18k for a hand made bike is still a lot. It is a beautiful bike, but I thought Jones bike where steep.

Dirt McGirl, Blow me! I was using it as a price comparison.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:18:35 +0000

jonnyB: Folks have been “franken-single speeding” full suspension bikes for quite awhile now. However; there are and have been purpose built single speed full suspension single speed rigs.

You can get a 29″er LenzSport “Milk Money” now which is a really great ss FS design. I have ridden with a guy that owns one and it performed flawlessly. In the right setting, he told me it is more fun than humans should be allowed to have. That said, I don’t see a huge market in this type of rig.

By: jonnyB

jonnyB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:54:42 +0000

Is full suspension ss going to be the next niche market big thing? Is anyone else doing it?
What thinks ye?