Women’s Cross Country Mountain Bikes
I got a chance to demo a few women’s bikes at Interbike and I was impressed with the selection of high-performance cross-country mountain bikes available. Actually, let me correct myself, many manufacturers these days don’t necessarily make womens specific bikes, just smaller frames. With smaller frames, naturally, a more compact geometry follows (for males and …
FS XC head-to-head: Titus Racer X Carbon vs. Ellsworth Truth
In some ways this wasn’t really a fair fight: The Titus Racer X is a carbon frame bike, the Ellsworth Truth is aluminum; the Racer X I rode had XTR components while the Titus was SRAM; the Titus fit well and the seat height on the Truth was a little low. But these are both …
29er head-to-head: Redline d660 vs. Rocky Mountain Hammer 29
At the Interbike Outdoor demo in Bootleg Canyon I got the chance to ride a couple 29er hardtail bikes on the trails and I wanted to share my impressions. The Outdoor demo was a great chance to get the feel for the bikes as they handle on the trail and riding them back-to-back is really …
Cannondale 29er 4 Test Ride
Yesterday I got my first chance to ride a 29er mountain bike over at Roswell Bikes and I thought I’d share what I learned from my (brief) test drive. The bike was a hard tail Cannondale 29er 4 and despite the awkward name it seemed well constructed, especially compared by my 1999 model Trek 😉 …
