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Archive for May, 2009

News And Rumors

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Brant “Tweaks” The Name: Due to a technicality, Brant Richards of Shedfire Design has decided to go from using the name ‘tweak” for his new line of bicycles to “Ragley”, which was the working model name for the titanium frame we reported on earlier. So far, Ragley has three versions of it’s long travel hardtail [...]

Lynskey Ridgeline 29″er: Out Of The Box

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

In our announcement of the Lynskey Ridgeline, we gave you the spec numbers as provided by Lynskey. Here I will break down the build and give you the numbers as I measured them on this particular rig.

First off, I noticed that there is nary a tube that has not been manipulated in some way. [...]

Santa Cruz 29″er Project In The Works

Friday, May 15th, 2009

It was revealed yesterday in a post from Santa Cruz’s blog that the long time 29″er hold out is working on a 29″er project due to be unveiled “before Interbike”. This would become a 29″er that most mountain bikers not into big wheelers will look to as a litmus test on the format. Santa [...]

Geax Gato 29″er Tire: First Impressions

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Editor’s Note: chris_geotec chimes in with his first ride impressions of the upcoming Geax Gato 29″er treads…….
Part 2, First ride impressions:
Now that we have the numbers down it is time to get them dirty and what a dirt we started out
with. The first time riding the 29er Gatos here in Southern Germany we were blessed [...]

Lynskey Ridgeline 29″er: On Test

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Twenty Nine Inches has just taken delivery of a Lynskey Performance Ridgeline 29″er, which is part of their “Houseblend” line of titanium frames which includes models in their Road, Mountain, and Triathlon series. Here’s what the Lynskey site says about the Ridgeline:
The Lynskey Ridgeline 29 delivers all the benefits you expect from a [...]

Milwaukee Bicycle Company 29″er: Final Review Part II

Monday, May 11th, 2009

In Part I of the Milwaukee Bicycle Company 29″er Final review, I took a look at the components that were part of the build, but this post will focus on the ride of the frame.

The Milwaukee Bicycle Company 29″er frame is a lovely example of why folks that dig steel frames dig steel frames, [...]