The 2010 Manitou Minute fork has been mounted on the Salsa Cycles Big Mama for testing and I have a few rides under my belt. Here are some of my impressions of this fork so far.

The 2010 Manitou Minute with 20mm through axle on the Salsa Cycles Big Mama.
First of all, I must clear up [...]

I have been riding the Rock Shox Reba Team fork in the 120mm travel setting equipped with the Maxle Lite through axle for most of 2009. Here is my long term opinion on this fork that was redesigned for 2009. This fork replaced the original Reba for 29″ers. How has it compared to the classic [...]

The big, meaty WTB Dissent 2.5 tires are still rolling along and here are my latest thoughts on the performance of these tires so far. You can read my first posts on the WTB Dissent here, and here.

First off, I continue to be amazed at how well the Dissent rolls on hard surfaces. That’s [...]

Twenty Nine Inches has received a 2010 Manitou 100mm travel Minute suspension fork with the 20mm Hex Axle for testing/review. This fork has been upgraded from previous models and we are looking forward to getting it on a bike here and logging some miles.

Again, this is the 20mm through axle model and features [...]

Okay, here is the specs and measurements on the new WTB Kodiak 2.5″ tire coming from Niner Bikes soon. I mounted up the Kodiaks after weighing them on the same rims as I had with the Dissent 2.5″ tires for comparison. The rims are Salsa Cycles Gordo rims at 35mm wide and I used tubes [...]

Twenty Nine Inches has received a pair of WTB Kodiak 2.5″ tires to test/review from Niner Bikes, who will be the exclusive distributor of these treads once they come on line in a month or two. For now, we will be giving you our initial impressions of these and also will be comparing them to [...]