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Mt. Biking Magazine? I think this is a recent makeover of "Mountain Biking Magazine", with a hopelessly out-of-date website (www.mtbiking.com -- which still displays a 2004 cover shot).

Anyhoo... The August '07 issue (I included a cover shot below) is partially dedicated to 29" gear, featuring forks, wheel sets, tires, and four frames.

Besides reviews of the Intense Spider 29, the GT Peace 9'r, and the Zion 737 EBB hard tail SS, they absolutely *GUSH* over the RIP9... I mean, this is embarrassing!

Not a fan of magazine reviews, I HAD to pick up a copy and share it, just because.

BTW, the lead in paragraph on the first page, the first part of which is cut-off, is referencing MTBR's 29"er forum. Not to totally rip the mag off by posting this review, pick up a copy and check it out. If anything, you'll send a message that 29"er coverage is appreciated.

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So, it sounds like I can sell my 4 inch XC rig and my 6.5 inch All mountain rig both with those puny 26 inch wheels... get a Rip9 and live happily ever after. Cool.:cool:

Where's the Kool-Aid?
 
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I rented a rip-9 about a month ago, and got to ride 50+ miles of singletrack on it over two days in flagstaff. It was my first (and still only) time on a 29'er. I ride a tracer, and love it, but that bike was the best damn thing I've ever ridden. I feel like I could've written that review. My only issue was with toe-overlap (er, almost entire foot overlap), but everything else was so damn good, I could care less about it. I'm not that fast of a rider on the downhills, but I was able to keep up with a bud of mine who's always been much faster than me downhill, and on trails I'd never ridden before (he has a 29'er now, too; these were his local trails). The bike really did everything well; I wish I hadn't rented it, because I doubt I'm going to be able to get a new frame (and wheels and fork) anytime soon.
 
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KRob said:
So, it sounds like I can sell my 4 inch XC rig and my 6.5 inch All mountain rig both with those puny 26 inch wheels... get a Rip9 and live happily ever after. Cool.:cool:

Where's the Kool-Aid?
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Nope, not you, KRob... this only applies to readers of Mt. Biking magazine.

Now then, if you ask Fat Elvis for his opinion... ;)
 
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Yeah, I read that mag a few days ago. I thought it was kinda cool that the MTBR 29er forum got a mention and so did another site, 29inches.com, I think.
 
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That was as gluttonous a read as a S or Intense review by Ricky C. from that "other mag".

Any press is good press for the cause - 29er FTW!
 
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They never mentioned how much travel on front. Is that DUC32 supposed to be a 100mm job?

On edit:
OK, it looks like it's 125mm. I'm curious if this jacks up the front end of the Rip 9 any? Do longer travel forks have greater distance between axel and lower crown? Or, is "suspension corrected" one size fits all?
 
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willtsmith_nwi said:
They never mentioned how much travel on front. Is that DUC32 supposed to be a 100mm job?

On edit:
OK, it looks like it's 125mm. I'm curious if this jacks up the front end of the Rip 9 any? Do longer travel forks have greater distance between axel and lower crown? Or, is "suspension corrected" one size fits all?
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aren't the DUC's 115mm in 29er setup?
 
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Agree..

What he wrote about the RIP 9 is just about spot-on, imo.

I've had mine for a while, and apart from the pedal strikes I had when I first got it, which I have mostly 'tuned' out by increasing my fork and shock pressures, I am really happy with this bike.

It does do everything very easily, and that isn't "new bike" enthusiasm talk, because i'm well past the newness of it.

I think that this could very well be the 'one bike for almost everything' machine.

The handling is fantastic, it climbs, descends, rails turns, slides, drifts, mono's, jumps and flies straight and true....whilst making the rider feel secure.

I can ride this bike over rough terrain faster than I have ever ridden anything else before. It truly is an amazing machine. The handling is superb.

Sure, you have to tune it up and get a nice balance going between the front and rear shock and fork, get your setup correct and do the usual things that all riders do with new bike setup, but once you get it all dialled in, this bike just flat-out flies! :thumbsup:

I agree that it isn't the be-all and end-all of all bikes for everyone, but it comes damn close to being the only bike you are ever going to need for the great majority of your trail / AM riding no matter where you ride at.

I am very happy with mine. Niner Bikes got it right... :thumbsup:

R.
 
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Rainman said:
What he wrote about the RIP 9 is just about spot-on, imo.

I've had mine for a while, and apart from the pedal strikes I had when I first got it, which I have mostly 'tuned' out by increasing my fork and shock pressures, I am really happy with this bike.

It does do everything very easily, and that isn't "new bike" enthusiasm talk, because i'm well past the newness of it.

I think that this could very well be the 'one bike for almost everything' machine.

The handling is fantastic, it climbs, descends, rails turns, slides, drifts, mono's, jumps and flies straight and true....whilst making the rider feel secure.

I can ride this bike over rough terrain faster than I have ever ridden anything else before. It truly is an amazing machine. The handling is superb.

Sure, you have to tune it up and get a nice balance going between the front and rear shock and fork, get your setup correct and do the usual things that all riders do with new bike setup, but once you get it all dialled in, this bike just flat-out flies! :thumbsup:

I agree that it isn't the be-all and end-all of all bikes for everyone, but it comes damn close to being the only bike you are ever going to need for the great majority of your trail / AM riding no matter where you ride at.

I am very happy with mine. Niner Bikes got it right... :thumbsup:

R.
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Hey Rainman,

Are you getting a BS Highlight or something? Are you riding a HT at all right now?
 
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Wish I Were Riding said:
Hey Rainman,

Are you getting a BS Highlight or something? Are you riding a HT at all right now?
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No, I actually have never been too keen on upward bent top tubes, I prefer them to be bent downwards. :D

Apart from that, I still own a rigid One Niner which is a very nice light machine, but since I got the RIP 9, "TruBlu" is all I have been riding every day.

I honestly feel no need to ride anything else right now. It's a satisfying sensation... :thumbsup:

Eventually, I hope to sell the One Niner and replace it with an exotic Ti creation to satisfy my lust for a rigid Ti SS bike, but before I do that I want to complete my tweaking of 'TruBlu' with a new long travel fork.

The Reba I have on there is very good, and I have mine set up so that it is currently matching the rear shock quite well, but I definitely need more front travel to really unleash the RIP 9's full potential.

R.
 
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At the Bigwheel Ballyhoo, I had the chance to ride three very nice FS bikes. A Titus RacerX, onea dem new Fishers, and the RIP 9. The RIP blew them all away. It was falt out the funnest bike I've ridden in a long time. Just getting on the bike felt natural. It soaked up the ledgy limestone climb with aplomb. I handled tight singletrack like it was on rails. Jumping it was natural. Log crossings disappeared. Well, not really, but they were hardly felt. Of all the bikes I rode that weekend (8 of them total), the RIP 9 was my favorite.

Now if I only had a reason to get it. These midwest trails really don't call for a FS like that...

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Rainman said:
No, I actually have never been too keen on upward bent top tubes, I prefer them to be bent downwards. :D

Apart from that, I still own a rigid One Niner which is a very nice light machine, but since I got the RIP 9, "TruBlu" is all I have been riding every day.

I honestly feel no need to ride anything else right now. It's a satisfying sensation... :thumbsup:

Eventually, I hope to sell the One Niner and replace it with an exotic Ti creation to satisfy my lust for a rigid Ti SS bike, but before I do that I want to complete my tweaking of 'TruBlu' with a new long travel fork.

The Reba I have on there is very good, and I have mine set up so that it is currently matching the rear shock quite well, but I definitely need more front travel to really unleash the RIP 9's full potential.

R.
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Thats cool.The reason I asked was I just put a Reba on my HT. I have been riding rigid for about a year and a half, and I didn't think I wanted or needed a sussy fork. I've only had oine ride, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Maybe I could get back into FS. Maybe a Jet9...
 
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