I got a chance to take the Pivot 429 out on a quick haul through the Sea Otter Demo XC demo course. I was out there for less than an hour so this is definitely not a full on review of the Pivot 429 but more of a couple of impressions I got from the…
Category: 29er
During our first day at Sea Otter Classic, the three of us had a chance to ride Spot Brand Bikes’ belt driven 29er single speed bikes. We rode the bikes through the demo trail, about a 4-5 mile course that included some fast descents and steep climb as well as some super sweet single track.…
Syncros makes beautiful stuff. On my mind in particular is what Marshall, the Brand Manager, pointed out to us: an AM wheelset strong enough for Free Riding. Marshall specifically mentioned that some players in the 29er market are picking up these wheels for longer travel design 29ers that they haven’t finished designing yet! 😉 Here…
We got the Ay Up lights MTB Kit to test this last week right before leaving for Sea Otter and I’m going out on my first night ride with them tonight. But before that, I though I’d post up a couple of pictures for you and discuss what we’ve got here. The Ay Up system…
RL finished editing the video of Chris Cocalis discussing the new Pivot 429 FS 29er. Here it is for you. Thanks RL. For pictures of the 429, click here. My ride impressions will be up soon as well. Keep checking back for that brief review.
Most companies that decide to offer 29ers usually start off with a hardtail or fully rigid bike. Pivot, however, decided to come out with a FS 29er using the dw-link suspension design called Pivot 429. The Pivot 429 has 100mm of travel in the rear and optimized for a 100mm travel front suspension fork. dw-link…
RockShox has a couple of new forks rolling out, or revisions is more like it. Revelation The first is the Revelation which has more travel options, new graphics and a new axle. The Revelation goes up to a 5 1/2 inches of travel and with new graphics & the Maxle Lite. The Revelation now goes…
If you’re here at Sea Otter with your 29er you gotta stop by Mavic’s booth and have them swap out your wheelset with a set of Mavic Crossmax 29er UST rims. You borrow them and ride around to test them. One of the first booths we stopped by this morning was Mavic’s and I got…
Hutchinson 29er 2.25″, Tubeless Ready, claimed under 700 grams, All Mountain Toro Tubeless Ready Tread More Tread Next to the Kenda Nevegal
I’ve got a couple of quick impressions on some items I’m testing. Each one has been on the test bike for about a little over a month and I’ve been able to put in a lot of rides on them since there has been excellent weather here in Southern California. eXotic Carbon 29er fork, light,…