Comments on: 2009 Niner W.F.O. 9 – Long Travel 29er

By: 198

198 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:32:42 +0000

@EFD

The Hammerschmidt is supposed to work exactly as advertised. Smoother in fact…

The only experience I have with geared rear hubs is a limited amount of time on the Rohloff…It is too heavy for AM/XC use in my opinion and their is a lot of setup.

By: EFD

EFD — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:33:21 +0000

I agree with SDC on an adjustable fork w/20mm Thru-axle.
The 29ers I have ridden so far (GF, Spec.) did not have the lateral stiffness I like so have been waiting on the Niner WFO – which I heard today is finally available for pre-order.

anyone have any experience with the sram hammershmidt ? ..anyone try the geared rear hubs?

Glad to heard opinions on other 29ers.

By: SDC

SDC — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:44:29 +0000

After riding a RIP 9 for a little over a year now, I am really looking forward to a quality 29er frame that is even more on the AM side. I love, love, love my RIP but would like another ride in the stables that can withstand the harsher riding and steeper, rockier trails associated with AM (Slower uphill is OK on any day but race day). I am a big Fox fan though and would very much like to see a 160mm, 36mm TALAS with 20mm axles for the 29er crowd. KEEP THE GOOD TIMES COMIN’ NINER.

By: 198

198 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:59:35 +0000

@Jason Mitchell: What a tease! Well…at least we know. Thanks for the update. It is a great looking bike.

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:45:10 +0000

I just pinged Chris Sugai at Niner… looks like I’m going to have to wait until Spring to get ahold of a WFO 9 as they won’t have any rideable prototypes available at the Outdoor Demo. What a sexy bike!

By: 198

198 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:39:30 +0000

@Jason Mitchell: You will have to report back on that one! I will be really interested to hear how a longer travel 29er (that was built with long travel in mind from the beginning) rides.

Let me know…

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:37:07 +0000

DUDE… leave it up to the boys at Niner to push the limits of 29ers. Everyone says that 4″ is the limit, but I’m glad they are pushing things. Without someone pushing things, we’ll hit a glass ceiling. I’m stoked to get on the WFO at Interbike!

By: 198

198 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:13 +0000

@SS: I actually really liked it on the 55…specifically the adjustment for climbing, am and dh.

By: SS

SS — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:47:55 +0000

It’s great that Zocchi is building a 29′r fork again but I don’t have high hopes for it as it will, most likely, have the TST damping (as does the rest of the 44 line-up) which I wasn’t all that impressed with in the current 55 series forks.