Yesterday we were making the finishing touches to a steel frame, single/fixed bike and today the first job was to unpack and build one of our demo bikes for this year. Most mountain bikers will be familiar with the award winning Giant Anthem XC bike from last year. Having ridden and raced one myself for most of last summer with its brill handling and fantastic climbing speed I couldn't see how giant could bring the design on for 2011. Here is their offering with a 29er built onto the Maestro suspension platform. It looks fantastic with brushed alloy frame and matt black Fox forks its the most fondled product in the shop so far. One customer has stood for five minutes staring at it occasionally rubbing the frame and sighing every 30 secs. Eventually we hung the bike on the wall otherwise he would have still been here at closing time. The idea with a 29er is the larger wheels (think hybrid wheels with geet big tyres) makes the bike roll faster on the climbs (about 8 inches further per pedal rev), handle bumps better and give better grip (larger tyre contact area). The 29er thing is a American concept which is gathering pace here and seems to be working in competition with a lot of the mountain bike teams using the this season. The photos don't do it justice but take a look next time you call in and we may even let you rub it!!
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