To all you 29er's out there!

This could be a nice alternative to a rohloff http://www.bike-eu.com/news/3844/shimano-launches-11-speed-internal-hub-gear.html

Nice!
I'm so putting an alfine on the next incarnation of the winter bike. It would be nice to have a hub geared wheel to throw on the SS 29er, for longer more undulating trail rides, too.
Just wish they'd make them more compatible with different shifters.

I'd like to run one with a cheap bar-end shifter for the winterbike. I did see a pic of the rapid fire shifter mounted on a computer extension, on a set of drops. In a way that made the levers reachable from the hoods. Ugly but practical.

Was reading about that earlier, range is a bit smaller but apparently it's gonna cost around £350 which is quite a bit cheaper.
I have no experience of these hubs but do the Shimano ones come with disc mounts?

Yeah, they come with Shimano's centre-lock mounts. which can be converted to standard 6 bolt via one of these.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=10262