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2017, 29er, Gear, i:2:7907, News, slash, trek - July 20, 2016

Trek Slash Gets 29″ Wheels for 2017

Looks like the rumors I had heard about the new Trek Slash were correct: for 2017 the Slash is getting 29-inch wheels! What’s New Apart from the larger wheels–the current Slash has 27.5″ wheels–the new bike is seeing a host of other changes. It’s getting slightly less rear travel at 150mm, as opposed to the …

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Guerrilla Gravity Unveils New Trail Pistol 29er/27.5+

Guerrilla Gravity (GG) has just announced a brand-new mountain bike in their line, dubbed the “Trail Pistol.” GG is known for high quality, made-in-the-USA (Denver) mountain bikes, and the Trail Pistol will continue that legacy. In keeping with the latest trends, the ‘Pistol will be available with your choice of wheelsizes: 29″ or 27.5+. According to …

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Pivot Mach 429 Trail – A Long Term Review

Specs While it shares part of its name with Pivot’s XC-oriented 429SL, the 429 Trail is a wholly different bike. It has more travel, a revised suspension linkage, a slacker head tube angle, and a longer wheelbase–just to name a few of the major differences. Pivot chose to go with Boost spacing on both the rear triangle and …

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26, 27.5, 29er, charts, Gear, suspension - July 12, 2016

Visualizing MTB Suspension Travel VS Wheel Size

At this point, most of us understand that 29ers work well for shorter travel applications while bikes with more suspension typically utilize smaller wheel diameters. Well, here’s a cool visual representation of this concept! The chart above was built using data from a survey we ran a few months ago asking mountain bikers about the bikes they own. …

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Niner Goes 27.5+ with the New RIP 9 RDO and JET 9 RDO

Niner has just announced the brand-new JET 9 and RIP 9, which are now available with both 29″ wheels, and 27.5+ wheels. Providing the room for the new wheel size option is Boost spacing front and back. The other big news? The suspension travel on the RIP 9 gets a big bump: rear travel is …

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