Raleigh 2009 Mojave 29″er: Sneak Peek!
August 4th, 2008 | 29er | 10 Comments
I have a super stealth camera shot of a catalog page from a Raleigh dealers early release catalog for Raleigh 2009 bikes. It shows us a new, sub-grand priced Raleigh ...
An Experiment In Front End Geometry: Fork #2
August 3rd, 2008 | 29er | 2 Comments
Continuing on from the radical Blackbuck fork, I went to the "other end" of the spectrum and installed a Bontrager Race X Lite Switchblade Fork
The Switchblade is a carbon/aluminum composite ...
An Experiment In Front End Geometry: Fork #1
July 31st, 2008 | 29er | 15 Comments
Now moving on to the first fork I used on the Blackbuck other than the baseline On One Carbon fork, which is the Blackbuck fork that is offered along with ...
An Experiment In Front End Geometry: The Base...
July 29th, 2008 | 29er | 14 Comments
In this post I will detail the "baseline" for the handling characteristics that all other comparisons will be measured against. Keep in mind that this is my opinion. Your "baseline" ...
An Experiment In Front End Geometry
July 27th, 2008 | 29er | 9 Comments
Introduction: As the geometry evolves for 29"ers, riders have been getting increasingly more aware of front end geometry, especially as it pertains to forks. Offset and axle to crown measuremens ...
A 29?er UST Standard: An Update
July 23rd, 2008 | 29er | 14 Comments
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post here about the coming of UST standard approved tires and rims. I recently got a question regarding this subject:
Is ...
