Trek 69er SS

[rock]

shew, my brain hurts now - it was the Halson

 

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/img_0028_160.jpg

[Velouria]

 

These forks are what you would call "upside down" forks on a mx bike is this new in MTBing to have your forks like this or is it old?

 

Maverick's been doing it for a while. They only do it with double crown forks though.

 

 

 

Single and double crown:

 

http://www.maverickbike.com/user_files/file_132.jpg

 

 

SPECS/OPTIONS

 

Travel: 6? (29'er: 4.6")

 

Weight: 3.9 pounds (29'er: 3.9 as well)

 

Intended use*: All-mountain / Super-D

http://www.maverickbike.com/user_files/file_29.jpg

 

SPECS/OPTIONS

 

Travel: 4.75? (29'er: 3.4")

 

Weight: 3.8 pounds (29er: 3.8 as well)

 

Intended use*: Longer travel XC

 

[Zaskar]

 

I had one of these in 2002 when i lived in the UK. Was a great fork, but weighed a ton (close to 5kg i think!) Also not having a brace above the tyre made it really flexy, which was something you could feel under heavy braking or cornering. It was a great looking fork, but they have stopped making them, as these days there are single crown forks that offer nearly as much travel.

 

[buckshot]

the geared version of this bike was reviewed in the June 08 issue of MBA. While they're not the last word in mtb reviews, they made some interesting observations:

 

"The 69er 3x9 is a little bit of a frustration going

downhill because there is no way for the rear wheel to match the

performance of the front. The rear wheel smacks obstacles that the

front wheel, milliseconds earlier, rolled over without breaking a

sweat. This is true just cranking along a rocky trail. The front wheel

doesn?t require you to pick the smoothest line. The rear wheel does.?

Mountain bikes with twenty-six inch wheels have

strengths and weaknesses that are different from the strengths and

weaknesses of mountain bikes with 29-inch wheels. The 69er 3x9 was

hopeful that by using the two wheel sizes together, the strengths would

be magnified and the weaknesses would be muted. On the trail, that

didn?t come true. Instead, a third reality occurred--a bike with

strengths and weakness all its own."

I don't expect 69er's to enjoy the same initial acceptance as 29er's.

 

http://www.mbaction.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=347504CDE9CA475680DAD861D41BEC7A