At Interbike I was shown a project that was in the works at Salsa Cycles booth. It was a “fat front” fork. Basically, a 135mmOD spaced fork to hold a wheel from a snow bike, or “fat front”. Popularized by Jeff Jones on some of his titanium 29″er frames, the “fat front” idea is something [...]

Once again, in my quest for the “alt handlebar” I have been fortunate enough to receive the Rawland Cycles entries into this arena. All done up in what is at once “retro” and “alternative’ materials and finishes. These components are decidedly steel and chromed to a brilliant finish. Let’s take a closer look……

The Elgokse stem/bar [...]

With Interbike in the rear view mirror, the thought would be that all the news is out, but that is never the case. Check out the latest on forks from Misfit Psycles, Bontrager Switchblade news, and more………..
Will There Ever Be A High End 9 Speed 12-36T Cassette? : This was a question I posed to [...]

One of the big things holding back the development of a 29 inch wheeled DH type rig has always been the 29 inch specific parts necessary to get the job done. In our last post on the subject, we saw that Manitou had come out with a Dorado tweaked for 29″er wheels and Lenz’s new [...]

While at the Fisher Press camp, we were told that Fisher is about to celebrate ten years of 29″er bikes. That fact is pretty amazing when you look at it. Ten years! It means no one has had more experience selling 29″ers to the public than Gary Fisher Bikes. I thought it might be an [...]

We reported to you about this new “alt bar” offering in this post a while back. Now Twenty Nine Inches has received a Carnegie’s Bar for testing and I have bolted it to the Salsa Big Mama for a bit. Here is a quick look at the bar and some initial impressions on the new [...]