Shown here is the carbon 700c disc wheelset from Reynolds. A carbon 29er mountain-specific wheelset is in the works with a wider rim for the fatter 29er tires being released. 26″ models are readily available now.

If you have the cash and want a crazy-light pair of wheels, check into Reynolds. MSRP around $1750/pr.

new stuff from Sacramento-area Nemesis Project bikes. Built with True Temper and OX Platinum tubesets, Nemesis Project offers up the stout DeathMobile, Secret Agent and Double Agent frames for the jump/freeride and 4x crowd.

Double Agent 4x frame. OX front triangle with modified Ventana 5″ rear triangle. Available with Double Barrel coil or Rocco air shocks. MSRP $2200 / $1800 respectively.

also available as the Secret Agent hardtail version with CNC’d headtube, BB shell and rear dropouts.

New proto CNC’d 6061 stem shown with steel Folsom Prison bar! True Temper OX Platinum bars in 22.2mm clamp and 29 inches wide for jump/urban/DH. 9 deg. backsweep and a 2.6″ rise round out one tough handlebar.

Keep Nemesis Project on your radar….sure to be some interesting stuff soon from Folsom. Contact evil4bc@mac.com for more info.

A few of the latest goodies from Race Face.

Beefy new Atlas All Mountain stem

Carbon Next SL seatpost

Carbon Next SL 31.8 handlebar

Licensed from framebuilder Jeff Jones, Titec now offers the unorthodox H-bar in an alloy model with 660mm width, 25.4 clamp size and a weight of 430g. Many swear by this design for comfort reasons, varied hand positions, etc. Ideal for singlespeed or geared XC riders, don’t knock ‘em ’til you try ‘em!

For the females who have felt lacking in cool bike clothes, there seemed to be tons of new offerings at this year’s Expo. Previously Dirty Girls seemed to corner the market here, but now vendors such as Floyd, Betty Bike Gear and Loeka were exhibiting well thought out designs that looked great and (hopefully) perform just as well.

Floyd

Loeka

Betty Bike Gear

Dude Girl

Vanderkitten

Tamara Spence, President of Floyd Cycles models one of their tops.

The Dude Girl booth (read their story online).

Betty Bike Gear and Loeka booths

Cool new digi-cam that shoots stills at 3mp and 54 minutes of video, all in a compact package that straps to your wrist. Flip it upright, shoot a pic or three, then lock it back down and ride. A few of the cool features are SD card compatible, 3-shot burst sequence, waterproof and shock proof. MSRP is $140. Available Fall ‘07. Check out www.goprocamera.com for more info.

Following the success of the RIP 9 i s the Jet 9 with 3 inches of travel. 3 inches on a 29er is really like 4 inches… or something like that. So they made this bike that is faster, more flickable and more appropriate for racing.

The frame itself weighs 5.5 lbs. It uses the same type of ’stable platform’ design that the Rip 9 uses. Travel should be very usable and this should be a great climbing , epic ride type of bike.

Availabilty is end of summer and price is around $1595

Manitou is alive and kicking with some truly exciting new products. Under the guidance of Hayes, Manitou is re-inventing itself to once again produce high-quality and innovative products.

Manitou Minute 29er - Built on the Minute Platform, it weighs 3.8 lbs in the air spring version. Travel is 80, 100, 120mm, available separately.

The Absolute Damper system provides an adjustable range of stable platform. It can fit a 2.5″ tire and comes in standard QR or Hex Lock thru-axle versions.

Playing around with it in the parking lot, the action is stiction free and the travel seems very plush. We can’t wait to try this one!

Manitou Minute MRD - 3.1 lbs with 32 mm stanchions and 130mm of travel. It can be ordered with the TPC damper or the Absolute Damper which provides a stable platform.

R7 MRD- It weighs 2.72 lbs with 100mm of travel

Manitou rear shock

Bionicon makes all mountain bikes with unique, patented suspension system that allows for 5 degrees of on-the-fly geometry adjustment. There’s nothing else like it. Pictured above is the 6 and 6 Bionicon Edison. I’ve been riding a Bionicon Golden Willow for about 6 months now and absolutely love it.

Read my Bionicon Golden Willow Review >>

Below, Paul Ferguson, the boss at Bionicon USA, services the Double-Agent six-inch dual crown air fork on the Golden Willow I’ve been abusing.

Hayes has a brand new brake, the Stroker. They have three versions, the Stroker Trail, the Stroker Carbon, and the Stroker Ryde. They are a completely new design with more power, an improved reach adjustment dial which needs no tools (sweet!), and a new reservoir which is supposed to reduce lever pump and compensate for pad wear.

For more info, go to: www.hayesdiscbrake.com/stroker