Lunch Box (LenzSport), the new all mountain 29er, is being demo’d by Mike Curiak a well known wheel builder/29er rider in Colorado. Here he is taking the Lunch Box out and doing things he has never done on a 29er before. For those who didn’t believe that 29er wheels would ever be strong enough to…
Category: 29er
Some photos of Gary Fisher’s new HiFi 29er are on mtbr.com forums. This is for Nat Ross, the Gary Fisher racer, hence the different paint job. The medium sized bike weighs in at a very light 24.5 lbs. Race ready indeed. This is not a replacement of the Supercaliber or Caliber (Gary Fisher’s current two…
Got in a ride with Melissa (whose bike RL just restored) RL & Priscilla on Saturday morning. Melissa hasn’t been on her Tassajara (nor any other mountain bike) for years so Saturday was her 2nd maiden voyage on the black and red beauty. But Melissa has been on a bike during her spin classes at…
What a great name for the newest Full Suspension 29er! LenzSport, a one-man company in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, has just added its newest full suspension 29er to their current lineup. The LenzSport Lunch Box is named after local trails (that inspired the bike) called the Lunch loops. Here’s some more information on the bike from…
Just saw this on ebay: Motobecane Outcast 29er SS. The Outcast 29er comes in 3 different colors: matt slate, cool white & matt bronze. Here are the specs: FRAME: 6061 Aluminum with horizonal dropouts, 2x H2O bosses, eyelets, rr rack bosses FORK: 4130 Chrome-Moly with etelets CRANKSET: TruVativ Aluminum 42T 175mm with bash guard BOTTOM…
Yup, I got in two rides this weekend. Both were short totalling about 20 miles, but both were good in different ways. On Saturday Duke & I decided to tackle Powder Canyon in Rowland Heights, CA. I took the Dahon Fuego for the ride. Rowland Heights is where I grew up but I wasn’t into…
One of the biggest buzz going on at Sea Otter was the debut of the Trek 69er. I decided to test ride it at Jax Bicycles in Fullerton, Ca. to see what the hoopla is all about. Did you notice the price tag? $2199.00 Yikes! It has a sweet Maverick fork…and I love that color.…
There was a short article in the LA Times Health section no 29er bikes. The article was published on Monday, April 23rd, 2007. I finally got a hold of the article (thanks Nate) and scanned it in for you. I’m linking them because too upload the pictures would make the images too small to read.…
Another major manufacturer has decided that the 29er niche has become a growing trend in the mountain biking scene and has jumped in with their own 29er. After years of claiming that the big S would not build 29ers because they’re just a “fad”, Specialized has reversed field and come out with a Specialized Stumpjumper…
Got the word from Vince Rodarte at KHS Bicycles. The new KHS Solo One is here….here’s the details. From the mouth of Rodarte: “Latest Release Aluminum Solo One 29er in Burnt Orange is NOW IN STOCK! Unlike the prototype(seen at Interbike), the actual production bike showed up in a darker Burnt Sienna Brownish color.This bike…