Editor’s Note: This exclusive pre-release test of GEAX’s upcoming “Gato 2.3″” 29″er tire is brought to us by “chris_geotec”, who resides in Germany. “chris” has received a set of the upcoming GEAX Gato 2.3 inch tires and is sharing his experiences with us here at Twenty Nine Inches.
Out of the box and mounting: [...]

I’ve been logging some miles on the Pofahl built 36 inch wheeled bike and will now offer some first impressions to you on what it is like to ride this bicycle with the Conestoga sized wagon wheels.

Wheels. That’s the first impression you get visually when looking at the 36″er. They are very large, and [...]

As I have been talking a lot of tire talk here of late, it got me to thinking again about 29″er tubeless tires and specifically UST type 29″er tires. Admittedly, few exist and as of now, they are all from GEAX. However, I think we can draw some pertinent information from the tires that are [...]

There has been a rash of racing tires introduced for 29″ers lately that don’t necessarily hold to the less tread/lighter weight theory. For lack of a better term, I call these “middleweight” race tires. Let’s take a look at three of the latest introductions and get a brief comparison of each.
Note: The tires were all [...]

The front/rear specific Bontrager 29-3 tires are mounted and have been ridden. Here are my initial thoughts about this newest set of shoes from Bontrager.

I Mounted the tires to my set of Bontrager Race X Lite wheels using the TLR rim strip. The interface between the tire and the wheel was tight! Much tighter [...]

With Spring in full force here in the Midwest it’s time to report back on the testing of Easton XC-One Single Speed wheels. Here is a link to the “first impressions” post. I did not log any winter rides on the wheels. No reason in particular, just wanted to ride my old [...]