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2012 Niner Bikes teaser new 29er mountain bike
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2012 Niner Bikes teaser new 29er mountain bike

Because I’m such a fanboy, as several of our readers have pointed out, we’ll get an exclusive first look at whatever Niner has up their sleeves for Eurobike this Wednesday. Until then, stare at this and speculate…

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TDub
TDub
12 years ago

Ti Air? Have fun rubbing your inner thigh on the cable stops. I sold my SC Heckler because of that cable routing problem.

Brandon
Brandon
12 years ago

I hope those aren’t Ti welds….

adf
adf
12 years ago

Niner/moots collaboration?

Nate
Nate
12 years ago

cross bike. Looks like a flat spot under the top tube for shouldering. After all, cross bikes still technically have 29in wheels 😉

Will
Will
12 years ago

My vote goes to Stainless Steel.

JG
JG
12 years ago

Oh please let it be an EMD or an Air with a tapered headtube.

Retro
12 years ago

A 26″ singlespeed frame?

Guest
Guest
12 years ago

ouh, a 26inch bike frame 🙂

skeptic
skeptic
12 years ago

No matter what it is, with Niner it will probably get recalled.

rom1red
12 years ago

An Enduro hardtail ? With 1.5 headtube ?

Tom
Tom
12 years ago

Interesting. Welds look too beefy for Stainless or Ti. Must be some sort of scandium/aluminum geared hardtail. The cable routing is interesting, and odd that they chose to focus on that bit for the teaser, they don’t route their cables that way on any of their existing frames. I wonder if its some sort of Niner great divide ultra-endurance rig that has moved the cables on the sides to maximize space for frame bags and bottles.

SlyGuy
SlyGuy
12 years ago

Tom is on the right track. I’m going with drop bar 29er ala Fargo/Gryphon. Cable routing to aid in frame pack mounting.

Tom
Tom
12 years ago

Oh yeah, and the flat spot for inevitable hike a bike sections. This could be the result of some feedback from Deejay Birch completing the TDR this year.

JG
JG
12 years ago

Those cable guides look like they’re in the same place as the Air and EMD frames.

BP
BP
12 years ago

cable guide on the seat stay is on the bottom, current frames are on the top of the seatstay…divide rig maybe, but I would think you would want full length cable housing ……fun to guess!

Topmounter
Topmounter
12 years ago

Niner Monstercrosser?

Niner Six-Nine?

Niner Tandem?

BK
BK
12 years ago

New Air 9 with their own proprietary hydro shaped tubing instead of Scandium. Tapered headtube and PF30 BB.

chuck
chuck
12 years ago

It just may be perspective, but that top tube looks to be too steep for a cross bike. I’m gonna guess ti tandem.

Brandon
Brandon
12 years ago

There’s no way that bike isn’t scandium or aluminum with that weld. If they are putting out a Ti or stainless bike with welds like that, RUN.

Tom
Tom
12 years ago

^ Yup!

Seeing as Niner doesn’t have a Ti bike in their lineup, I am going to assume they aren’t going to start with a Tandem. Could be a CX bike, I think one of their sponsored riders, Slyler, is also on the world CX scene. Although I think the angles (could be the photo) look unusual for a CX bike. CX seems like a natural progressing, but not really a 29er anymore. Soon they will be making road bikes if that’s the case.

Jason
Jason
12 years ago

A niner that doesn’t crack!!!

Greenwater
Greenwater
12 years ago

I see a fatbike in their future.

spokejunky
spokejunky
12 years ago

Niner unicycle. There I said it. Someday you will all look back on this post as where it started.

Eric
Eric
12 years ago

Come on guys, we say this before. Niner TSL. Titanium, ss , made for rigid forks.

OldDocThedan
OldDocThedan
12 years ago

Recumbent Unicycle?

John
John
12 years ago

RIP 9 HT !!

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