First I want to say we’re thrilled to be a part of the “best of” conversation. We’ve put a tremendous amount of time into 29er developement and we’ve learned so much. The sliders are a perfect example. An important thing to remember is that just because something works well for a 26″ wheel does not necessarily translate to 29″ wheels. Until this past summer the slider version we were using was basically what had been around for years…a well proven design….for 26″ wheels. However by mid summer it became clear that the design we were using simply wasn’t holding up the way it needed to. To keep a long story short we beefed up the design considerably. We upgraded the alloy, eliminated the windows ( they were pretty and light but…), increased the thickness, and beefed up the chainstay/seatstay dropout connection. And so far so good.

Thanks to the customers that had issues and found the patience to let us get the problem solved.

All the best,

Mark Lynskey