The first step in getting the Edge XC rims going is to gather some wheel building components and get to building these beauties up into a usable set of 29″er wheels. To that end, I contacted American Classic and purchased a sweet set of their new Disc 130 front and Disc 225 hubs to lace [...]

Specialized has recently introduced a number of new tire models that some of you may not be aware of. We had heard rumours of tires being developed last May and posted on that here. Now it appears that even more than we had heard about was in the works. Along with the Eskar and Captain [...]

Editors Note: Crooked Cog Network would like to welcome “Grannygear” as its newest contributor. He has a wealth of experience and a passion for the sport, but you can read his bio and check it out for yourself.
A native to So Cal (yes, they do exist), Grannygear began mtn biking in the mid 1980s [...]

We continue now with the fork testing with the Fox F-29 G2 offset for sporting 100mm travel. This is the second suspension fork after the Reba which I wrote up here.

The Fox fork is the longest travel fork, and thus the longest fork, that I will use in this test. Let’s take a look at [...]

Twenty Nine Inches has just taken delivery of a pair of the Edge Composites “XC Clincher” carbon fiber rims. These are the same rims we reported on at Sea Otter last April. Edge Composites also makes an “All Mountain Clincher” that is wider than the “XC Clincher”

Edge Composites describes the XC Clincher with the [...]

Summer has gone and now Fall is in full swing. Yet the Experiment In Front End Geometry goes on! I took a little break from the testing for Interbike, but now it is time to get back to the end of this test and some conclusions afterwards.

We last left off with the Reba, the [...]