Author: Dan Gronross
After the first time I rode a 29er back in Alaska many moons ago I have been trying get my hands on one to have a rip on the trails of the Pacific Northwest. Love em or hate em, 29er's are have earned their place in the mountain bike world and a place in my heart.
Seb Kemp, worldly traveling mountain bike dirt bag lent his quiver of bikes to friends while he globe trotted for the winter months. I guess the thought of not being able to ride in his quasi-hometown of Whistler was enough to make him head over to the sunny locations in Europe for the cold months.
Seb's Santa Cruz Tallboy 29er was left to Todd Hellinga, but it is winter here and Todd seldom rides when the snow is flying on the mountains. So it landed on my lap.
The Tallboy has seen the Shore, well a few laps of Fromme, and as of today a lap of the frozen tundra of Half Nelson, followed up with a nice helping of "Your Mom" in Squamish with Miranda Miller.
Hate me if you will, I feel a ground swell of love for the 29er. But more on that later.
Cheers!
Dan
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