Merida presents its first 29er fully

With the "Big Ninety.Nine", Merida is presenting its first 29er fully with 100 millimetres of fork travel and 106 millimetres of rear travel in Mallorca. After the "Big.Nine", which has remained the same in terms of geometry, the Taiwanese now have the second bike on big wheels with the "Big Ninety.Nine".

On the kinematic basis of the "Ninety.Nine" presented last year, the first ready-to-ride aluminum prototypes of the "Big Ninety.Nine" were shown in Mallorca. In the finished version, the new bike should be in no way inferior to its little brother in terms of stiffness, frame weight and suspension performance - and all this including the advantages of large wheels. The main frame is very similar to that of the 26-inch bike. Only the main bearing point of the multi-supported single pivot has been moved slightly behind the crank axle. This gives the engineers a short and stiff chainstay which, together with a thicker seat tube (31.6 mm), ensures a good level of stiffness. In addition, the position of the bearing has been optimized so that the bike can also be ridden with three sprockets (small with 24t) on the crank.

In order to maximize the range of use, the "Big Ninety.Nine" - the "Ninety.Nine" can also be ridden with a 120-millimetre fork - is also approved for a longer fork.

The aluminum version of the "Big Ninety.Nine" will be available from retailers this autumn. The carbon model - carbon main frame, aluminum rear triangle - will then go into production. These bikes should then be on sale at the beginning of 2013.

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