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 [...]

When our morning conference commenced at the Gary Fisher Press Camp, we were graced by the prescence of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, a two time 2009 National Champ, Heather Irminger, herself also a two time National Champ this year, Travis Brown, who is a Mountain Bike Hall of Fame member, and 29erCrew racer Jesse LaLonde, who has [...]

While I have hit on some technical and design points with my earlier Superfly 100 and Rumblefish reports, there are a few other things we saw and heard at the gathering that are notable. Some have to do with the Superfly single speed model, so let’s dig in!

Suspension Overhaul: The suspension team at Fisher has [...]

Okay, so now here comes the “big” one. Gary Fisher Bikes newest model in the 29″er line up, the Rumblefish, is a bit of a conundrum on paper. Touted as a step up in terms of travel, it is a bit of a puzzler to learn that it has the same amount of travel as [...]