The end of February I some how found my way at a frame builders site under the name Shamrock Cycles. The man behind it, Tim O’Donnell, and I traded many emails. I asked many questions, about wheels, about rides, his lovely bikes and seeing that he was building a full suspension 650b bike around […]

At Sea Otter Haro went the smart way with having a demo tent for folks to be able to try out their bike lines. Even though the new Beasley was not a demo option I was able to talk to Jill from Haro about the Beasley, their new aluminum 29er bikes and how the […]

Over the roaring wind at Sea Otter I heard the Fuji representative confirm they are working on a hard tail 650b to be released around Interbike 2008. There had been a rumor floating around the online forums, but needed to hear it first hand.
Fuji is an underdog in the mountain bike community. […]

A few months ago, February to be exact, I posted that Intense Tire Systems (ITS) were interested in the 650b tires and wanted to hear feedback from you.
I spoke to an insider at ITS and they indeed went out looking for feedback. The feedback they got back was good but not enough for them […]

Another tire maker getting on board! This time is Schwalbe and the tire they will be using is the Racing Ralph in 2.25. This should be a home run for Schwalbe as both their 26″ and 29″ Racing Ralphs have been very well received from riders all over the US. The tires […]

This afternoon I spoke to a source inside of Manitou/SUNRingle and shared my hope for them to jump on the 650b movement. Feeling that it would benefit them greatly as many manufactors would use there forks as OEM on the 650b bikes they create around that fork. OEM (Originally Equipment Manufacture) means guaranteed […]