I had a bunch of friends that raced Hypers when they first came out but when they sold out to wal-mart they all ditched them, will be interesting if they make it, will they pull a GT and sign a bunch of top riders with an average product line?

well if it performs like a norco then he has a fine piece of equipment because norco's bikes rock!

Oh I know it's business but the athertons always talk about wanting to ride the best bikes in the world and i feel you need to be on a quality rig to be at the top of the heap and GT isn't bringing that right now, IMO much better rides out there

dude that track wouldn't have been possible with out spikes! those guys would have crashed after every jump. Spikes are a must and even with spikes its not as secure as riding on dirt! those guys were pros and if lesser riders would have been out there we would have seen as many crashes as the skater guys have! mad props to those guys! oh and i've riden ice too, I'm from MN the land of 9 month winters

they'll need to step up their product line, mediocre at best, I was surprised with the athertons and now straight! well things can only go up for them, I wish them well

team international

"never play leap frog with a unicorn!" hahaha that was classic!

The one problem with this is that it voids your c-dale lifetime warranty... they only allow you to have a max of 160mm fork. there was a long debat on mtbr about this as jerome clementz runs a 170mm lyric on his jekyl. Looks sweet and ben sure rips it but if you can't afford to buy a new frame out right if you break it I wouldnt void your warranty, ben and jerome do not have that issue, ha

You are correct there are no big mountains here but that wasn't my point. My point is according the to the reps I spoke with the majority of bikes especially xc FS and HT as well as trail wil will soon only be made in 29er. Look at trek they use to have a full line of the Top fuel no they have two, carbon and team carbon, same with specialized carbon or s-works. I don't think that 29ers will take the freeride and dh game but it has to do with marketing and availability. shops stock what people want to a point but also what the big companies push and the people will ride what they want to a point but also they ride what is redily available to buy and have serviced. so if companies start pushing 29ers harder shops will stock more and you will see a larger number of 29ers out there which will only fuel the fire.

Supreme37- 29ers maybe a minority across the pond but here, at least where I am-the midwest, they are pretty equal. Actually 29ers might be taking over. I was talking to a giant and spec rep and they said that they don't even anticipate theri companies to make hard tail 26ers in the next year or so or at least they wont be available in your LBS with out special order and you can barely find a 26inch bike in most of the shops, it's a shame. Granted most people don't have DH and Freeride rigs here. I am a minority but even the trail/all-m scene is going to 29ers like the tall boy and stumpy 29er ect.... sad day! :(