Towards the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, we started to see the 29 inch wheel size for mountain bikes get some big rubber. There were other companies on the market that were providing large widths with high volume, but that normally came with a lower, faster rolling tread pattern to appeal to the lighter end of the 29er spectrum. With the introduction of more...

I finally got a chance to get the new 29er Ardents from Maxxis mounted the night before I am supposed to be riding the north Georgia mountains.  First, these tires go on Stans Flow rims extremely easy.  There was no need for tire levers at all.  I didn’t have a compressor handy, so right now they are mounted up with light weight 26er tubes. Each tire is set at...