Walking around the displays at Interbike, it’s hard not to think that 26″ freestyle cruisers are having their moment in the sun right now.
With Subrosa deciding to add the 26″ Malum to their lineup this year.
To the Fairdale Taj with it’s retro design cues.
Inside scoop: Fairdale has plans in the works to offer a chrome version of the frame & fork later this year…and maybe a chrome version of the complete after that. (Hot damn!)
To Volume, who has been down with the 26″ for some time now…in this case, the Hessian.
But the 26″ that really caught my attention was the Stolen Zeke XLT.
Following the same nomenclature as their 24″ models, the Zeke XLT is a full cro-mo version of the tri-moly 26″ Zeke that turned heads at last year’s Interbike show.
Sporting a cool matte black with blue colorway, the display model was shown with disc brakes. While 990-style brakes come standard on the Zeke XLT, the display model was outfitted with the disc brakes to show that the bike was “disc ready” and could be switched over if so desired.
Certainly some great options in the 26″ side of things.
I wonder if the increasing popularity of 26″ bikes will prompt We The People to bring back the 26″ Champ cruiser…not that I would want their 24″ offering, the Atlas, to disappear.
More Interbike coverage to follow.
