http://www.29eronline.com 29 Inch Mountain Bike Reviews Fri, 11 May 2012 21:15:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.29eronline.com/specialized-camber-comp-carbon-29/ http://www.29eronline.com/specialized-camber-comp-carbon-29/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:13:02 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21945 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Specialized Camber Comp Carbon 29has been in the 29erOnline test cue for a few months now. I was surprised to see the results of the interviews – this bike has the crew here mixed up, which is fairly unusual. I will admit that I have also been torn with regards to the Camber Comp [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/specialized-camber-comp-carbon-29/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/santa-cruz-superlight-29-introduction/ http://www.29eronline.com/santa-cruz-superlight-29-introduction/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 23:15:36 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21912 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } I was very happy to see Santa Cruz Bikes launch the Superlight 29 – a 4” travel, single pivot, full suspension bike. This is a bike that fills a solid need in current 29er market; a value driven, high performance frame with the best technology. I realize that the above statement about filling a “need” [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/santa-cruz-superlight-29-introduction/feed/ 2 http://www.29eronline.com/dt-swiss-xmm-120-29er-fork-introduction/ http://www.29eronline.com/dt-swiss-xmm-120-29er-fork-introduction/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:59:09 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21897 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Dt-Swiss XMM 120 29 fork is here and what a great looking fork it is. Attention to detail is evident throughout. It was clear when I looked at the MSRP of $980 that something special was going to be showing up. Let’s clarify. At $980 something special better show up! DT Swiss is well [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/dt-swiss-xmm-120-29er-fork-introduction/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/rocky-mountain-element-970-final-review/ http://www.29eronline.com/rocky-mountain-element-970-final-review/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:18:48 +0000 writerbob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21799 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Rocky Mountain Bicycles recently announced the Element 970. The Element name has been in the Rocky Mountain lineup for a long time as their platform for Cross Country riding. The Cross Country (XC) designation typically applies to race bikes. Think keeping your body at its breaking point for an hour and a half, or, for [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/rocky-mountain-element-970-final-review/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/wild-turkeys-and-mountain-biking-north-georgia/ http://www.29eronline.com/wild-turkeys-and-mountain-biking-north-georgia/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:49:05 +0000 writerbob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21770 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } After hours of research and phone calls to plan the perfect biking trip, one would hope things would go somewhat as planned. However, as we found, in hunting in the Pinhoti (a.k.a wild turkey by the Creek Indians) sometimes you bag the bird, and sometimes you spend lots of time wandering around in the woods. [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/wild-turkeys-and-mountain-biking-north-georgia/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/intense-introduces-carbon-fiber-hard-tail/ http://www.29eronline.com/intense-introduces-carbon-fiber-hard-tail/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:21:20 +0000 writerbob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21757 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Intense is introducing its first 29er hard tail – Hard Edddie. They are not messing around – this carbon fiber frame looks amazing and weighs in at just 2 lbs 7 oz. It comes with 135mm, 142mm, and single speed dropout options and, with 100mm fork, Hard Eddie runs a 70 degree steering angle and [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/intense-introduces-carbon-fiber-hard-tail/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/marzocchi-corsa-sl-lr-introduction/ http://www.29eronline.com/marzocchi-corsa-sl-lr-introduction/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:33:10 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21736 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Marzocchi is back in the Cross Country 29er Suspension game. This year they introduced a bright red Corsa with a full carbon crown, ultra light weight (for a 29er) wonder fork and a MSRP of $929.00. We were in lust, however, we did not get that fork! Instead we got a Corsa SL LR , [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/marzocchi-corsa-sl-lr-introduction/feed/ 0 http://www.29eronline.com/norco-revolver-2-final-review/ http://www.29eronline.com/norco-revolver-2-final-review/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:52:45 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21723 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Norco Revolver 2 was a completely unknown bike to our testers until late December of 2011. It is now a highly recommended bike by the crew that rode it over the last couple of months. It went through 4 testers and myself in that time. On arrival, all of us were very impressed with [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/norco-revolver-2-final-review/feed/ 4 http://www.29eronline.com/manitou-tower-pro-introduction/ http://www.29eronline.com/manitou-tower-pro-introduction/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:03:55 +0000 FatBob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21695 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } When 29erOnline was just getting started, one of the first things we bought was 3 forks. One was a Manitou Minute 29. Manitou was very proactive in the 29er world from early on. I remember seeing a Manitou fork in Wes Williams’ shop (see Willits Bikes) in Crested Butte, Colorado in late 2000. Admittedly, it [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/manitou-tower-pro-introduction/feed/ 6 http://www.29eronline.com/we-are-on-facebook/ http://www.29eronline.com/we-are-on-facebook/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:14:39 +0000 writerbob http://www.29eronline.com/?p=21685 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Hey Folks – did you know we are on Facebook? Actually, we have been for a while, but now we are going to get serious about it. “Like” us and you will get the latest on testing, notification on when articles are posting up, and maybe even some deep thoughts from Fat Bob….. if by [...]]]> http://www.29eronline.com/we-are-on-facebook/feed/ 0