dirtyknobbies

This is picture perfect...showing the different riders from different disciplines coming to together to race this one race. This is the future of our sport, and it is exciting. No matter what your background is, as long as you have mad skills, and a still beating heart to make some climbs...Enduro is your race! At the end of it, were just riding up a hill to come done the 'fun' side. Is that not what mountain biking truly is?

hmmmm dunno...pretty happy these days running my 1x10 setup with friction shifters.

Did Minnaar race it on his V10? If so, he should get the 'Rockstar' props for being that close in time on that track running a DH bike when the top 4 are on AM bikes with bigger wheels. Other then that, if Gwinn pulls off some actual WC races on the Enduro 29, then he is the true Honey Badger!

The only 29 bike out there that has a chance of converting me is the Specialized Enduro 29'er. They are the only ones IMO that actually got the geometry right to make a wagon wheel bike actually shred with the finesse of a 26", but gaining the benefits of a bigger wheel. I've ridden the RIP 9, Jett 9, and the WFO. The Rip felt awkward, Jett 9, great if you're into XC racing, I am not. And the WFO made me miss my 26" wheel bike so bad I couldn't wait for that ride to end. 29 wheel bikes keep getting more dialed, but for me and others like me that never finish ride thinking...wow a bigger wheel would have just made that ride sooooo much better...you're going to have to really make a 29'er beyond bad ass in every way. Haven't ridden one yet, but think the new Enduro 29'er maybe the one.

The Hyper 29'er is pretty sick looking. Even more amazing is, in the photos the forks are on correct. Yet at your local Walmart they are always installed backwards. Safety First!