THE NEW NINER AIR 9 FRAMES!

New Hydroformed Aluminium tubing?
Looks great and so much better that the old models. What do you think?

http://www.ninerbikes.com/air9

One for you Charlie!

not scandium any more??

Let’s hope the new Air9 don’t suffer the dreadful chain suck mine did..

Er… looks pretty much like any hydroformed alu frame.

Old

New

It does have a nicer paint job though.

Yep it does look nice and the paint etc, but what would the difference be if any in the ride/flex now that it’s total Aluminium and not Scandium?

Potentially means a bit heavier, realistically means they make more profit on every unit sold, as I doubt they’ll lower the price.

Saying that, my Scandal frame is on it’s last legs and I’m tempted 🙁

Over priced for what it is. Similar available from Giant, Scott and many others for a lot less £££££

Over priced for what it is. Similar available from Giant, Scott and many others for a lot less £££££

Can’t you say that about most boutique cycling products?

I wouldn’t class niner as boutique though, it’s fairly mainstream really, it’s just in the UK we pay daft prices for it 😆

I like the look of these. Promising sounding geometry.

I like the look of these. Promising sounding geometry.

Ditto. Can those dropouts let you ss it?

Yep the Whyte looks promising although I think they’ve slipped up by not giving the base models thru axle forks. Only the 829 alu model has the adjustable short CSs, the carbon models are fixed at 438mm which is not so short.

Over priced for what it is. Similar available from Giant, Scott and many others for a lot less £££££

Not as a frame though? A full Scott Scale 29 Comp is tempting, but then all the parts off it would be hard to sell. Maybe the forks and wheels would go for a hack bike. The price of the 2012 Specialized Carve seems to be a huge p-take I noticed, Alivio on a £1000 hardtail!

On-One are out of stock of Scandals for a good while so I’m pondering options, just spotted a gouge in the side of the seatstay that doesn’t look healthy. 🙁 To be honest I was quite content with their old Scandal frames, the battle for shorter chainstays on the new model doesn’t really appeal, especially as it was a 21″ frame.

The EMD looks better value (relatively speaking of course)? Especially now that the Air will be 90% the same?

Not as a frame though?

Scott is available frame only here and in Europe. Giant (last time I checked wasn’t) but is in US (doesn’t mean you can get one though!).