Niner RLT Steel Review

great review!  My brother has one of these and he loves it

I've got one and love it too.  I bought it on sort of an impulse and didn't really know what to expect.  I'd seen a couple them and read a couple of reviews but you never know if you'll like it until the ride one.  On that count I was most pleasantly surprised.  The best things I like are that it's incredible smooth and comfortable to ride.  And w/the Force1 group it's amazingly quiet too.  A really nice bike.

out of curiosity are there braze-ons for front and rear racks?  front fork braze-ons?  Can you put fenders on it?

sgtrobo wrote:out of curiosity are there braze-ons for front and rear racks?  front fork braze-ons?  Can you put fenders on it?

I'm in SoCal so not much need for fenders here   But it does look like it's set up for racks and/or fenders.  The fork is carbon but has 3 "braze-on" mounts on each leg.  They're not really braze-ons as they're molded into the fork.  The upper two are bottle or cargo cage mount distance apart and the lower for a fender.  There is also a mount in the back side of the crown.  I would assume the lower mount and one of the upper cage mounts would be suitable for a front rack.  The rear has three - one on the chain stay bridge, one on the seat stay bridge and a pair on the seat stay near the dropouts.  The pair near the dropouts are beefy and suitable for a rear rack.  There are no braze-on mounts on the upper seat stay but it may be possible to use the single mount on the seat stay bridge.  Other options would (obviously) be some P clamps or the Salsa mounts that go on the seat post or that replace the seatpost clamp.

Note that this is the new fork, with thru axles, as I'm not sure the old ones had them.  I'm sure they didn't have the cage mounts.  The Niner website shows some photos of the bike set up w/racks though not w/fenders.  It also shows some close-ups of the fork mounts as well as the frame mounts.

http://www.ninerbikes.com/rlt9steel

Let me know if you want some photos.

DrSpoke wrote:
Let me know if you want some photos.

ahahaha.....did you think I'd say "no"?  

PM me w/email address.

DrSpoke wrote:PM me w/email address.

aw, post up the prett pictures here!  

From the Niner website