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Air 9 Carbon Frame - $500 Pre-Order Deposit
We are now set up to take $500 deposits to guarantee delivery of your 2010 Niner Air9 Carbon frame. There is a lot of hype around this frame and placing your pre-order will guarantee delivery of your frame from the first run hitting the docks late-Winter/early-Spring.
The $500 will be applied to the $1,899 purchase price and the remaining balance will not be charged until the frames are in Brown Santa's hands heading to your door.
Niner is projecting availability for size Medium & Large frames late-Winter followed by the Small & XL frames in early-Spring. If there are changes to these ETAs you will be notified.
Thank you for your pre-order and we excited to be your Air 9 Carbon Source.
Air 9 Carbon Frame - The World's only 29er Carbon Frame that can be run Geared or SS
Niner is dedicated to making their first carbon frame an extraordinary machine that goes way beyond status quo. Introducing the Air 9 Carbon: purpose-built to be incredibly light and fast, combined with the razor sharp handling and forgiving ride you’ve come to expect from frames with the Air 9 designation.
Structurally, this is a full carbon frame that utilizes alloy interfaces in critical areas (such as in the headtube bearing journals and bottom bracket). The high modulus carbon in specially designed layers and layup patterns create a light, strong frame and the alloy interfaces allow the precise tolerances that critical component interface areas demand.
Frame development began with reams of testing data, which helped Niner to determine the primary tube shape. FEA studies, physical mock-ups, years of experience and a rigorous industrial design phase have all contributed to this extraordinary design. Every decision, every shape and every tube has its origin in a design parameter that requires the Air 9 Carbon to hit very specific targets for stiffness and strength in all three planes. Key sections such as the downtube and bottom bracket area have received massive structural shaping to increase torsional rigidity and the swooping lines and angles of the Air 9 Carbon are functionally beautiful before they are aesthetically pleasing. All these features help to disperse energy, avoid stress risers and increase the natural damping characteristics of the material.
The Air 9 Carbon features Bio-Centric EBB technology and CYA Bottom Bracket system – the most flexible BB/gearing system available. Run your Niner singlespeed or geared or take advantage of several BB inserts to accommodate your choice of bottom bracket technologies, including the new BB-30 standard.
Specs:
- magnesium head badge routes cables internally
- built in carbon cable guides for hydraulic disc brakes
- monocoque construction with carbon drop outs
- post mount rear brake
- 31.6mm seatpost, 400mm recommended, 34.9 seatpost clamp
- 73mm BB; compatible with Niner BioCentric, X-Type, BB90, SRAM BB30, & FSA BB30 bottom brackets
- tapered head tube w/ headset reducer if you would like to run traditional fork
- Ti protector plates around the BB
- rear clearance for the largest XC 29er tires
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