[Closed] Niner Air 9 or On-One Lurcher?

Assuming you are refferring to the Alu air 9 and not the air carbon I would choose the Lurcher because I own one and having ridden on a Scandal for the past 3 years and also tried alu bikes from Niner (one9 same as air9 but ss, and emd) I much prefer carbon. The Lurcher is an excellent frame but if you don't need the SS option you could also look at the complete "discount" carbon 29ers from Rose, Cube, or the alu from Radon, Canyon etc (these 2 will offer carbon 29er HTs next year)

I've just gone for a Kinesis FF29 as I found the Niner sizing a little strange.

I'll have it built up next week once all the bits arrive

steve_b77 - some photos of your FF29 would be appreciated 🙂

Where'd you get the FF29 steve_bb77? Tempted by one myself

Druid - once its built I'll post some up

Greg - from [url= http://twelve50bikes.co.uk ]Twelve 50 Bikes[/url] in Frodsham, I think I got one of the last medium matte grey ones in stock though

I'd recommend the Lurcher for several reasons: its cheaper; it has a higher bb; and the track end dropouts work great for singlespeeding as opposed to the ebb of the niner. I had the a9c and am running the lurcher currently. There is nothing I miss about the niner except the black and white color scheme.

I smashed the niner bb repeatedly and had creaking issues with the niner. The Lurcher is a great race AND trail bike!

Compare the Niner Air 9 Carbon to the Planet X Dirty Harry Carbon & I believe in geometry terms they are the same.
The biggest difference is about £1000+ in favour of the Planet X.

Are you getting a frame only or a full bike? I was looking at a similar choice but plumped for the On-One. I was changing my scandal for a Lurcher frame & it cost me a fortune in extra bits.
New headset (lurcher is 1.5/1.125)
New seatpost & collar
New BB & cranks (my scandal had ISIS Middleburns with an uno ring, none of which worked)
Still, it's a lovely bike & i might even get time to ride it this weekend, then i will let you know what it's like.