NINER bikes is the real 29" wheel company. They're not dabbling or trying to cash in on a fad. They believe in the big wheel and want nothing to do with anything else. While other companies are trying to find a way to put a larger wheel on the 26" bikes they're accustomed to making, Niner started from the ground up, designing their bikes around a larger wheel, so the geometry is dialed in perfectly. If you haven't tried a 29er, you have no idea what you're missing. Even critics of the 29" Revolution can't touch Niner. The premier 29" company out there, Niner is literally unstoppable. Just ask Fuzzy and DJ Birch as they destroy the competition at every endurance race they show up to. And you think 29" wheels only make sense for big guys? Tell that to Chris Sugai, cofounder of Niner bikes, who stands right at 5 feet 7 inches. Yeah.

RALEIGH BICYCLES began in Nottingham, England in 1887 and is one of the oldest, most prestigious names in the industry. Once the highest esteemed racing frame out there, Raleigh bikes were heavily coveted. They haven't lost their edge and still produce beautiful and extremely well built racing frames. But they are also the original company to produce the "comfort bike" that has become a staple of the bicycle industry. Functional, comfortable and affordable, bang for buck, there's no comparison to the value that Raleigh offers with each of their bikes. Great offerings in kids bikes, comfort, hybrids, 29" mountain bikes, fixies and road, you can't go wrong. The fully loaded Sojourn is getting tons of buzz this year. A fully loaded touring/commuter, this bike is simple, aesthetic and functional to the umpteenth degree.

"Call us misguided, but at Santa Cruz Bicycles we believe that to build a good bike, you have to first really love riding bikes. That's an asset we have in spades here. Our engineers are mighty good at working Pro/E, but they are riders first and foremost. Our builders can rail dirt better than most. Our painter can catch more air than you can. Our sales office is filled with bikes that get ridden every day. From the people packing bikes into boxes to the owner of the company, our main obsession and our common bond is riding. Ranging from our sophisticated VPP downhill weaponry to the Spartan simplicity of our new cyclocross frame, the bikes in this catalog are the bikes that we ride. They reflect our passion for riding, and they stand as a testament to our ongoing desire to make our rides better. We're damn proud of them, and we hope you like riding them as much as we do."

Mention the name HARO to any old-school BMXer and a huge smile will appear on their face as they wax nostalgic about the Haro they owned when they first got into BMX riding. In 1980, Bob Haro, the "Father of Freestyle" started Haro designs and was an integral part of the BMX boom of the early 80's. Still in the business, Haro Bikes continues to produce exceptional BMX bikes of all kinds, from freestyle to flatland to dirt. Haro also began producing mountain bikes in the 90's and you can see the BMX influence in all of these frames. These bikes are made for people who like to ride rough, with reinforcing gussets and welds to increase the bike's strength. If you're a weight weenie, this isn't your bike. But if you want a bike that's going to hold up under the roughest riding conditions, look no further.

Falliero Masi, "The Master" is sadly no longer with us. Far and wide, people would wait years while Falliero took every measurement into account to produce racing frames tailor made to suit the needs of each rider. But MASI bikes are still around. Tim Johnson aka MASIGUY, whose blog is possibly the most widely read cycling blog out there, is the product manager for Masi Bikes now and is trying his best to continue the name in honor of Faliero. A self proclaimed "dyed in the wool Masi fanatic" Tim is working hard to keep the name Masi in the forefront of cyclist's minds. From the insanely nice carbon racing frames that Team Inferno continues to rack up victories on, to some of the coolest , most stylish, and functional fixed gears, commuters, and café bikes out there, Masi is one cool company.

Marin bikes began in 1986 in Marin County, the birthplace of mountain biking as we know it. With more than 20 years in the mountain biking business, they know their stuff. Their frames are exceptionally well built, hydro forming the aluminum tubes to produce extremely light weight, stiff, responsive rides that hold up under the harshest riders. They have great price points on their bikes, from entry level moutain bikes to insane racing bikes. Our current favorites are their 29" offerings, especially the Pine Mountain 29er. Starting with a remarkably well built and surprisingly light 4130 steel frame, they've built a stocked singlespeed with all the mounts to run it geared if you wanted. Not that you would. Their commuter offerings are hard to beat too, with simple, stylish, and functional frames topped of with just the right component groups.

For the past 20 years, Craig CALFEE has been at the fore front of carbon fiber frame construction and has influenced literally every frame builder out there. That said, he hasn't changed his methods much. Larger companies are just now starting to utilize technology and design that Craig has used from the get go. Recently, he's been producing amazing frames out of BAMBOO, which he claims has near superior vibration damping and stiffness to that of carbon. And best of all it's from a renewable resource. Craig has been doing tons of work in Ghana recently, helping locals to build their own workhorse bikes out of the bamboo in their backyards! Beautiful, esoteric works of art, Calfee frames are highly sought and always admired.