Niner Bikes, who are totally committed to selling only wagon wheeled rigs, have often been at the forefront of 29 inch technology. Pushing companies to do 29 inch related components and taking those and building some pretty classic bicycles like the R.I.P.9 which is a highly regarded full suspension 29″er trail bike. Now with the [...]

I have had the pleasure of rolling these Bontrager treads now for several months. Here are my final thoughts on the combination. If you want to get into more detail on some of the aspects of the tires, you can check out my previous posts here, here, and a comparison post here.

Taking my initial [...]

Here in my final installment on tubeless mountain bike technology and specifically tubeless tire technology for 29 inch wheels, I want to address some areas of concern and where I think the tubeless tire and wheel products of the future can help to make big wheel mountain biking even better.

While Giant made the new XTC-1 [...]

Recently several new technologies have sprouted and together they are changing the 29″er landscape in a big, big hurry. In fact, these new technologies are making such inroads that racers are now showing up to the start lines on 29″ers on the national scene and doing what was unthinkable just a year or so ago: [...]

Editor’s Note: Grannygear chimes in with his “First Impressions” on the Giant XTC-1 29″er. This series on the Giant is also appearing on The Cyclist.
After taking all the pretty detail pics of the so far unridden XTC 29er 1, it was time to get it dirty. I have to admit that I am kind of [...]

Some new information has surfaced via the Santa Cruz blog, “104bronson” and here is the latest on this technologicaly advanced rig set to hit the dirt late in 2009.

Here’s some of the text from the latest blog posting….
“Carbon fiber frame – This’ll be our third carbon fiber bike, and the more time we spend working [...]