Niner One 9
History
Back in 2006 I was living in Santa Rosa, California and spent my riding miles almost exclusively on the road. That year my wife and I decided to move to Switzerland. As I had spent a good part of my life there and had gotten into mountain biking there, I knew that my skinny tires would soon be replaced by fat knobbies. My MTBs had reached a respectable age, so it made sense to acquire a new rig before the move. I didn’t have to think much about what it was going to be - singlespeed, rigid and with 29 inch wheels. As this was the first 29er and my first mountain bike with disc brakes, I opted to get a good, but affordable frame and equip it with decent components. I didn’t have to look around a lot to find the frame of my choice, it was a tang Niner One9. As soon as I had the frame in the early summer of 06, I started buying all the parts over a period of a couple months. Once together, I took it out for a spin through my local regional park and was immediately hooked. This bike was a pure joy to ride. Fit was perfect and handling was awesome. We moved to Switzerland where I’ve been riding it ever since.
Specs
| Frame: | Niner One9 |
| Fork: | Niner Carbon |
| Stem: | Thomson X2 |
| Headset: | Chris King 1 1/8” |
| Handlebar: | Salsa Promoto Carbon 660mm 11° |
| Brakes: | Magura Marta SL |
| Rotors (f/r): | Alligator Starlite 180/160mm |
| Hubs: | Hope Pro II Singlespeed |
| Rims: | Bontrager Mustang OSB |
| Spokes: | DT Aerolite |
| Skewers (f/r): | Racebolts Ti / Red Devil Bolt-Ons |
| Tires (f/r): | Specialized Resolution / Kenda Karma |
| Bottle Cage: | Profile Karbon Lite |
| Seatpost: | Thomson Elite |
| Seatpost Clamp: | Hope |
| Saddle: | Selle Italia SLR |
| Cranks: | Rotor Agilis 2x9 175mm 110BCD |
| Pedals: | Crank Brothers Eggbeater 2Ti |
| Bottom Bracket: | Reset Hollowlite |
| Chainring: | Actiontec 34T 110BCD |
| Chain: | SRAM PC-991 |
| Cog: | Niner Cogalicoius 19T |
| Weight: | 9.0 kg |
| Ridden: | 2006-2010 |
| Status: | decommissioned August 2010 |
