yep more crap nobody with a brain will buy, rigid 29ers i can see them flying off the shelves!

The geared, hardtail bike looks pretty awesome though.

OK, i`ll bite. (us mtbers dont have brains :-)

would love 1 if i could afford it(will wait and see how on ones carbon 29er shapes up)

i ride a kula deluxe 29er with carbon fork and its the most enjoyable bike ive had .

dont imagine niner will have any probs shifting however many they plan.

Looks lovely I can't argue with that but there is no way I'd buy one.

jenine, hopster - they don't care if you don't buy them. There are plenty of people who will.

I don't like 29ers, but they are a significant part of the market.

Do you think they would have gone to the expense of developing a carbon frame, without first checking that there was a demand for it?

The WTB 29er DH tire...now that is a different story...

Over ten years on a rigid singlespeed toasted my brain - I'm putting a deposit down.

I wish there was a warning on here. If you had said there was porn on here, I wouldn't let my girlfriend see me looking at this page.

God this is sooo beautiful!

Oh and jenine, hopster, Hope you've tried 29ers before you make such stupid comments. Bet you read the daily mail too.

Lampwick the cycling industry is full of crap nobody wants!!! i have a friend with a garage full of last years must have carp!!!

" Bet you read the daily mail too." look who's making up the probabilities now.

anyways obviously we dont all like 29ers & neither do i. still nice frame design.

lovely looking bike but im happy with my mmm bop

You can't say you don't like 29ers unless you've properly ridden one. I have and in most circumstances they're faster than 26ers.

"a garage full of last years must have carp!!!"

That must really stink by now!

As does the stock standard manner in which the comments are always made...

Whether you like 29" or not, that's a nice looking frame i reckon. And personally i love the Pedal Dammit graphic

bloody gorgeous, although i would go for the one with gears and a front shock!

29ers rock

i happen to know a little about the cycle industry, 29 ers have been a bit of a flop!!!!

That SS is sooooo pretty! There's no way I'd get rid of my Heckler, but this would make a stunning winter hacker / smooth-singletrack-supermodel type thing.

@ jenine: have 29ers REALLY been a flop? It looks to me like they're becoming hugely popular, especially in the states. I'm 6' 4", so I'd love a go on one.

The US Market for 29er's is getting huge.

At Interbike this year, virtually everyone was demoing 29ers...

On certain terrain, and for certain types of rider, there is a clear advantage.

A trail centre bike, they really are not- tight turns and switchbacks aren't too good- But for riders following the old school XC route, they could be the ideal solution.

Personally, I really want to try one locally, as a hardtail 29er would probably make a great winter bike. Pivots and moving parts don't take too kindly to horrendous winter conditions, and the rolling and traction benefits of a bigger wheel could sway it.

29in wheels haven't really happened yet in the UK as no-one's really tried pushing them. They could work, and would be supported- but the British market is notoriously tough to break, as no-one in the UK likes change...

Jenine- it's a shame your comments seem so brash, considering you 'know a little' about the cycle industry...

i live in the UK, i dont know any thing about the US industry, the Uk market is less likely to waste their money on a fad! I have ridden one, was ok on the flat bits but when it got a bit technical it got a bit iffy!!! so yea there ok if you only ever ride really boring non technical trails, grate!!

But dont let me stop you buying this crap, it pays my wages!

I love it when anything a bit different - like those nasty new-fangled 'Hydraulically Operated Disc Brakes' or possibly that heavy and inefficient 'Full Dual Suspensioning' - is greeted with scorn by complete idiots, then turns out to completely revolutionise the way we ride... Thanks for that industry-insider tip, Jenine. Now go back to sleep.

Doddy - are 29ers really not much cop on the twisty stuff? Looking at the angles, it seems a lot of manufacturers are going with super-steep HA's and such, I guess to counteract the extra stability of bigger wheels.

Jenine, I too know a 'little' about the UK cycle industry, and yes whilst 29-ers haven't had much of an impact here and are pretty much niche products, they have established enough of a base to be supported by the major and LBS shops in most areas.

I love you're utterly cynical attitude, it's a real credit to the cycling community and whilst I always try to comment on a comment and not be an arse about things, if you're going to be so persistently caustic about.... everything, you might want to use a spell checker.

Freckler- the 29er bikes I've been on to date aren't quite as good through twisty stuff as 26in bikes. You are indeed right about the head angles to compensate for the more stable ride of a 29in wheel.

The best way to explain the ride is compare them to skateboards- or surf boards. A regular board (short) is whippy and you can really cut it about, whereas the longboards need a smoother carving action. Make sense?

Also, 29er's steam roller over rough stuff incredibly, jump well and corner amazingly- especially through loose or off-camber. There's a review of a Rocky Mountain Altitude 29 in next issue of MBUK by me- check it out...

I'm about to order (not quite sure which bike yet) a 29er for a longterm test bike for myself in MBUK for 2010. I'm looking for a hard-tail- so I can really see what benefits they may or may not have in the UK. Certainly there are advantages- I predict they'll be great for the XC riding round here (Bath). Keep an eye out in the mag- I'll blog it as soon as whatever I order turns up...

Richard Spooner- nice one, snigger.

Jenine- keep up the great attitude, it's going down really well.

THATS ALRIGHT DODDY.. i remember being in a van with one of youre fellow magazine writers , he rode one bike said his back hurt and reviewed the other two with out even riding them (MBR i must admit), not every body in the industry wants to rip people of you know!!!

And yes I did indeed spot my grammatical error AS SOON as I hit the ‘submit’ button!

Sorry Jenine, you've confused me.

Are you saying a fellow magazine writer was someone working for an opposition magazine?

i mean the industry in general, and you do know what i mean... i wont tell you who i work for but i do know a lot about how it all works!!! and it isn't exactly 100% honest is it?

Well, depends on your interpretation of that.

Our testing system is 100% honest- even if to our commercial disadvantage- which unfortunately it sometimes is. Many an advertiser has pulled advertising or been very angry after bad reviews, but we provide a service to the reader to provide them with accurate and un-biased attention.

All our products are reviewed by the types of people that would buy them in the real world, then reviewed by the types of people that probably wouldn't.

So unfortunately, we're excluded from your rather generous assumption...

If you're pointing the finger, feel free to come to the office for a discussion on the subject- it's something we take very seriously.

Erm, I meant information, rather than attention...

As magzinse make their money from adds youre statement isnt exactly true, ALSO AS YOU'RE COMPANY IS OWNED BUY SHARE HOLDERS YOU ARE LEGALLY OBLIGED TO DO WHAT EVER IS IN THE BEST COMMERCIAL INTEREST! but you ant going to admit that on this site are u??? Last month we spend a whole load advertising with Future and i must say some of the stuff we sell is junk, at best you just dont review the worst stuff!!!

Unfortunately you have that completely wrong.

Editorially, we are nothing to do with Advertising. We're in a different building, have entirely different objectives.

Share Holders have nothing to do with the production of a magazine, they can vote for company decisions and movement, and are entitled to know what the company is doing.

It sounds, judging by your statement about selling junk, that you are very stale, on the wrong website and have a very bad and mis-guided attitude.

How about e-mail me, rather than this post turning in to a rant-a-thon?

Yeah?