Niner Air 9 Carbon
History
In 2006 I made the switch to big wheels with a Niner One 9. That bike was built with good parts, but being my first 29er, it was built on a reasonable budget. The One 9 was and is an awesome bike, so when Niner first presented the Air 9 Carbon with pretty much the identical geometry, I wasn’t going to look elsewhere for a new 29er. Frame and fork were ordered in November 2009 and then began the long wait. The frame was delayed several times until it finally arrived in the end August of 2010. By that time, all necessary components had been purchased, so it didn’t take too long to build it up and enjoy a few last warm days before the wetter and snowier seasons approached. I rode the bike until the beginning of February 2011, when I had an issue with the BB shell. It was quickly resolved and a month later I was on a new Air 9 Carbon frame. The new frame was equipped with new headset bearings and Syntace’s new P6 HiFlex carbon seatpost and is ready for the 2011 biking season.
Specs
| Frame: | Tang Niner Air9 Carbon |
| Fork: | Niner Carbon |
| Stem: | Rotor S2 |
| Headset: | Full Speed Ahead |
| Stem Cap: | BMC |
| Handlebar: | Syntace Vector Carbon 680mm 12° |
| Brakes: | Formula R1 |
| Rotors (f/r): | Formula 180/160mm |
| Hubs: | Chris King ISO Singlespeed |
| Rims: | Edge Mountain |
| Spokes: | DT Aerolite |
| Skewers (f/r): | Collideous Ti / Red Chris King Fun Bolts |
| Tires (f/r): | WTB Weirwolf / WTB Prowler |
| Bottle Cage: | Vincero Design Edge16 |
| Seatpost: | Syntace P6 FullCarbon HiFlex |
| Seatpost Clamp: | Extralite Ultraclamp |
| Saddle: | Selle Italia SLR |
| Cranks: | Rotor 3D Double 175mm 110BCD |
| Pedals: | Crank Brothers Eggbeater 2Ti with Ti axle |
| Bottom Bracket: | Chris King |
| Chainring: | Actiontec 34T 110BCD |
| Chain: | SRAM PC-991 |
| Cog: | Boone Titanium 19T |
| Weight: | 8.2 kg |
| Ridden: | August 2010 - present |
