More new stuff from Santa Cruz, The Driver 8 first in the gap between the Nomad and the V10. Info Over at Dirt Mag

It’s far too late to mess with a proper post about this but Santa Cruz have just released details of the new Blur XC. Surprisingly they’ve ditched metal entirely and gone with carbon, more details here expect it to cost a *lot* (with the currently weak pound)

Bike pictured, in large 22.4lbs… not a fatty!

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Update, UK pricing is £2,299, thank you! terrible exchange rate

Brant sent me over a sample stainless steel chainring a couple of weeks ago, now I’ve had it on the 29er for a few hundred miles I’m happy to say it’s great, and set against my previous “benchmark” singlespeed chainring from Surly, I rate this one much higher.

Expect to be able to pick one up for yourself in a few weeks time for a bargain price of (Brant’s not said yet but somewhere in the region of £20-25)

From On-One

New On-One 456 Blasted Frame option, very nice, Brant

I finally got hold of proper high res images of the 08 Niner Bikes range for my day job, so I thought I’d treat you to a nice image of the forthcoming Jet 9.

3.1 inches of travel , 5.9lb frame weight, Black or Kermit Green, USD 1,749 (approx 1,250 GBP)

More Info: www.ninerbikes.com

Santa Cruz have just revealed a new Blur LT, it’s expected to be available in “April” but going off past delivery estimates you can expect this to be more realistically sometime in June in the UK.

The most immediately obvious change is the dropped top tube to give greated standover, less noticable changes include 5mm more rear travel, designed for 140mm forks, Carbon fibre upper link re-designed pivot assemblys to decrease flex and eliminate creaking, this frame will also be the first Santa Cruz to feature grease ports, a welcome addition for any UK rider.

There’s a worrying development in the colour department with the introduction of a option called “skidmark” which, I really hope requires a US-UK translation and it isn’t poo brown!

US Prices: 1750 for Painted and 1950 for Anodized

Planet X announced a new bike into their range today, the Ti Sportive is the product of their recent collaboration with the Master Craftsmen at Lynskey, it looks set to drop firmly in the “I can actually afford that” price bracket.