Wfo 9 Aluminum 29er Moutain Bike Frame Niner Blue X-Large - 02305140680
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From early trips to Whistler and passionate lift-line discussions about wheel size to numerous Burro-Down laps at truly negligent speeds, the WFO 9 has always been a curiosity. A bike without an easy niche except for those riders who are quite certain its the best bike on the planet those converts who choose the WFO 9 to confidently dissect bike parks and black diamonds every weekend. This bike has changed how a lot of riders view long-travel 29ers, evoling from an outlier in the Niner lineup to a bike whose time has come. With trail bikes becoming more and more capable, weve shoved the new WFO 9 off the all mountain fence firmly into gravity territory. Lower. Slacker. More Travel. So, grab your music, Leatt and full-face before you roll out the door. While the WFO 9 is an efficient pedaler and will do AM magic under those who have the legs for the climbs, its when you adjust your goggles and drop in that it truly shines. You might imagine that the bikes 150MM of travel puts it into a familiar category of bikes, but it doesnt ride that way. Coming from a trail bike, the WFO 9 will feel big and capable. If you spend time on DH bikes you will instantly feel at home, except the WFO 9 is likely several pounds lighter than your DH setup. Thats a few extra laps and a few spots higher on any leader board. The long wheelbase puts you in charge of where the bike goes and if youve ever had trouble carrying enough speed into that set of 30 tables, prepare yourself for some hair-raising-shit-eating-grin-overshooting-to- HYFR. The big wheels bring the kind of speed through the chop and stability in the air that any rider will benefit from. Whips? Snap hard and get sideways. Scrubs? Push a bit earlier to break the increased traction and get the bike down. The wheels stay out of the holes on techy lines, allowing you to get away with 6 of travel in serious clenching moments that just wouldnt be fun on a trail bike. Float down your favorite trail and wonder when they made it easier. They didnt. Bottom line is, all those guys who said 29 will never be fun on big terrain were just plain wrong. Thats okay though, we werent sure ourselves when we made the first WFO 9 in 2009. But weve done our homework and the new WFO 9 redefines what a Niner can do. CVA SUSPENSION The WFO 9 features Niners patented CVA suspension (U.S. Patent No. 7,934,739) and delivers 150mm of fully active travel with superb compliance and damping via a tuned for CVA RockShox Monarch Plus RC3
