I had a very nice personal tour of the Moots booth by Cathy Wiedemer. She walked me through the new Moots bikes and showed me a few of their new parts. Their new theme at Moots is “Why Ti”.

The biggest news is their commuter bike aptly named the Comooter. Call it a titanium townie! This is definitely a Robb Report kind of bike. It is meant for the upwardly mobile ‘BMW driving set’ person in the big city who wants to commute.The bike comes as a complete package, no framesets with this baby. It is decked out with Moots Ti bars, stem, seatpost and frame and has the always meticulous Moots welds. The drivetrain is the 14 speed Rohloff internally geared transmission, Schmidt generator hub powers a Schmidt front light and a Busch & Muller rear light, Hionjo aluminum fenders, tubular rear rack and Magura Louise disc brakes.
Sizes are 53.5, 55, 56.5 and 58.
MSRP $8750.00.

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I have never tried a 96er, so I was interested to find out what all the fuss was about. The 96er gives you the big 29er wheel up front with all of it’s advantages and the fast accelerating 26er in the rear with it’s strengths. However, does it work?

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