29er (bicycle) used were forks designed for trekking bikes or hybrids. For many years, 29" frames and bikes were usually only available from small little-known manufactures like Niner Bikes. Surly Bikes introduced their 29" frameset, the Karate Monkey, in 2002. Gary Fisher Bicycles, a division of Trek Bicycles, became the first of the major manufactures to offer a line of 29" bikes. Their lines never sold well until the introduction of single-speed 29" bike the Rig, in 2004. Today, most bicycle manufacturers in the US market offer at least one 29" bicycle or frame. Even companies that openly dismissed 29" as a
Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is a bicycle retailer with three stores across Scotland and two stores in Northern England, and an online store selling worldwide. The co-operative is the longest established worker co-operative in Scotland, having originally been founded as a bicycle repair service in Edinburgh in 1977. In recent years the co-operative has grown to be, arguably, the dominant bicycle retailer in Scotland, with the largest bicycle stores in each respective city. The business offers products from many leadings brands including Specialized, Whyte, Brompton, Kalkhoff, Frog and Giant. The longest established of all Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative stores