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thanks for your points on my various threads, your situation with the fused wrist has given me a lot of hope for my future and kept me hopeful about the jones despite the occasional wobble.
your situation makes me feel like i'll end up better off once this wrist gets screwed plated and fused together.
did your wrist fine naturally over time or have you had it done after an injury?
lexhorton, I broke the right wrist playing rugby 30 years ago. the left wrist had tendon damage a couple of times.
they just got worse with arthritis over the years. my wright one got to the stage where I couldn't lift a kettle or open a door handle. I had it fused 10 years ago. I was back riding the bike after a month. but wore a brace for about a year.
when I ride with it now it hurts if I don't move it around on the bars. I also have to take a fair bit of ibuprofen nowadays.
Pedal Addiction in Norwich are Stanton dealers, they have built a few + bikes, and Stanton showed a 29+ bike recently on their FB page that they are doing soon.
As someone who lives in North West Norfolk and not far from the beaches, where "normal" MTb'ing isn't so good, i have tried a number of bikes to satisfy my bike-itch and have had reconstructive surgery to the tendons in my right hand, so am sensitive to long days in wrong positon and what i have settled on is a Salsa Beargrease fat bike with what will have 2/3 sets of wheels. Gives me a proper 26 X 4.0 fat bike for riding on the beaches, can swap wheels out for 29 x 3.0 "semi-fat" for longer days off road and can also fit a set of normal 29er wheels to, so a really adaptable bike and no heavier for frame/forks than any of those you've suggested.
My bikepacking/ distance bike is a Salsa Fargo, as i find the drop bars with a flare place my wrist in a really good position also.
@ton, thanks for the info! i'd wanted to ask you about that before but was worried it was a bit personal. we're in pretty similar situation, I'm nowhere near having problems with kettles and doors but theres been times turning the key and pulling the handbrake in the defender have caused a bit of pain. i also get the feeling that the situation will accelerate fast. I've only just started using ibuprofen regularly or wearing a plant for anything but skateboarding.
i wear support on the bike, i found wrist bracing put pain elsewhere, do you have a brace you could recommend.
after a 2 months of riding on the Jones i find the hand positions and the fit extremely natural which i'm very pleased about.
hopefully this stage i'm going through is going to calm down a bit and i just bust it up being a silly boy with a new bike who thought he was being careful.
thanks for the heads up on norwich. thats a good idea on the beargrease. makes me reconsider the fat front on the jones if i can find a fat 27.5 tyre like a barbegazi or similar so it has a radius close to a plus tyre.
on the 29ers i'd been looking at running some fast oversize tyres like Big Apples or Super Motos for when i'm mostly on roads
the 661 brace that chain reaction sell is as good as anything more expensive. I wore a aircast for a while but it was a bit overkill.
A surly 4.8 Bud will give you more or less 29+ diameter and rolls really well, considering! You could try a 100mm rim and run very low pressure, something like 5or 6 psi. Carbon fat bike rims are amazingly light too.
My fat front Spaceframe is an amazingly capable and fun bike.
thanks ton
been using the 661 brace thats got a thumb loop and strips on the back.
on chain reaction theres a 'wrap' i'll try that too.
just bought a pretty pricey orthopaedic support for every day use.
@futon
thanks for the steer on that wheel
do you have any opinion on the 'bounce' i'm experiencing?
the sensation that after compression the wheel is being launched back up again. makes for a less sharp impact than the original bump but maybe larger one?
i'm still trying to grasp my technique with this type of bike, whether its a featherlight grip on the bars or something firmer with a loose arm
thanks
alex
reluctantly gave up on the jones plus.
bought a stache with front Suspension.
worked great, wrist problems gone.
the jones is on the 'for sale' forum now
Alex, like i said mate, if it dont work, sell it on and try something else. life is too short to cycle round on a bike that dont suit.
also like to add, i was talking to a bloke who bought a jones plus about the same time has me. he too is selling his. lives in the south lakes and decided it dont suit the stuff he rides. going back to a short travel susser.
as you know, i replaced my jones with a much larger framed surly ogre, and so far the surly feels a far nicer bike to ride.
on the jones even the jones loop bars felt odd, but on a xxl ogre they feel in the perfect place.
i felt a bit disappointed selling the jones after wanting one for so long. and i suppose i bought into the hype a bit. experience has taught me not to do so yet again...... 😆