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Gotama how tall are you? you can find the older Jeff built Ti versions now and then built for very tall chaps above the normal "one size fits most" build
Smidge over 6ft 3 but with a 33 and a bit inseam so all upper body hence why the 23 inch is prob way too small. Didn't realise he used to make a bigger one although this realisation is not helping 😛
To be honest there is a By:stickel on mtbr someone had made that has my fancy at the moment in the expensive end. Frame built around a rigid fat front, 68.5 degree headangle etc. Looks superb. Anyway, i digress....so much to spend money on.
Smidge over 6ft 3 but with a 33 and a bit inseam so all upper body hence why the 23 inch is prob way too small.
TRY ONE
my blue Diamond is now ridden by a mate who's 6ft 4 and got monkey boy arms and shoulders, he rides with 100mm stem and 410 tompson layback and bloomin loves it.
Interesting. This is not a good development. *Goes off to look at dealers down south*
tazzy, would you rate the ti spaceframe significantly above the steel one?
Hi Kenny
Good to hear you are still in the world of bikes - the new job and associated corporate activity sounds fun 🙂 We were only up for a few days so spent it on the trails rather than in CD.
2006 / 2007 was probably my most fun bike time ever.
Keep an eye on the forum for when I get my arse into gear with pics of the latest 29er. There is a bit of the mk1 in the attached thread - all this Jones stuff is just too mainstream 😉
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-bike-build-with-a-difference/page/2
Drop me a mail sometime ironworksframesATgmail.com
Mick
What an awful looking bike
fixed 😀
Sstu offered me a go of his ti spaceframe with truss fork at sswc in 07 I had to decline as I was scared I'd want to buy one and notbe able to afford one , in the end I had a go of Jackies swift and bought one of those lol
I'd love a spaceframe with truss and rohloff , I've got a rohloff so its a start 😉
By the way Mick great work on the above link 😉
it's brilliant that there's a totally unrelated chat between a couple of mates going on here ... 😀
I'd love a spaceframe with truss and rohloff
You should be marched out and shot for putting a Hoff on a Jones. 😛
Here's a Ti one i found hanging from a tree in our local woods. 😉
I'd sell any of my other bikes before this.
Odd looking but just so much fun.
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tazzy, would you rate the ti spaceframe significantly above the steel one?
haven't played on ti for sufficient time to make an assessment. Funnily enough I may be letting a ti Jones Owner play on my steel version so will be interesting to see what they think.
things I've seen on other forums indicate that it's less flexy/twisty, but still has space frame compliance so more forgiving than a diamond not quite as smooth as a Ti and more suited to big fat aggro riders that can make the Ti get a bit noodly*
*all based on what some blokes have said in other forums and does not represent the views of a taz.....which is a good thing....i mainly think about boobies....they make me smile
😉 nice bike , the Hoff is great wish I'd got one years ago mate
You should be marched out and shot for putting a Hoff on a Jones.
: ) there's a guy on mtbr who cut n shut the rear end of his ti SF to use a rolhoff and a belt. Scary amount of commitment to his wish-list spec. Jones bikes do attract some wierdos..
I hated mine Mick.
Sold it after the third bearing change...
Tazz.
I'd be interested in a go on your steel version to see if/how it felt different.
Jones bikes do attract some wierdos..
You've met tazz then. 😆
Jones bikes do attract some wierdos..
god damn attention monkeys, you only do it to be niche and have a clique. I mean FFS who would Actually want to own or be seen with the bastard offspring of a leg calliper and a coat hanger factory!
just thought I'd get in with this before the usual suspects turn up 😆
Stu I'll drop over for a ride chap and we can have a jones swap fest. You'll notice that she's a big lass though. 26lb of fat fronted steel SS
p.s. i'll get you for that comment about weirdos! 😀
Steel diamond + truss vs ti SF = I could distill my usual waffle on this down to big-BMX riot time vs silk-supple smooth but still stiff enough love it long time.
Sounds good tazz.
Will your stalker be following you?
jamesO - well done chap!
Stu- which stalker is that then? the one that hates all singlespeederists and 29erists 'cos it's all we ever talk about and yet he has to pop up every time on specific threads about the subject and tell us how much we offend him.....
or the one that keeps emailing me for sexy time and then abuses me?
Actually, I've not met any other Jones riders apart from some hustler that told me to try one, I might like it.. Then I had to stop drinking, smoking, gambling, the lot, just to afford the habit. Now I have to ride alone in shame, puffing air and grinning like a casualty at fantazia.
Tazz.
Are they not the same person then. 😆
Stu you're ti sf must be well heavy it's proper buggered that tree!
Pop.
I'm employed by the local foresters to help with clearing bits of woodland and after buying the bike can't afford a chainsaw.
Has the misus tried the superlight yet?
Not yet mate.
She keeps spending all her money on haircuts and nail varnish. 😉
pop are you still up for getting a Ti then 😀
On the list but must admit I'm still loving the very traditional bike shaped pegasus 😉
This is my demo bike.
Having this bike handy is a real game changer, this is magic, very special.
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AlexSimon - Member
Stoner - I know it's old school, but the phone is always available
And, in my experience is preferable for dealing with small niche businesses as their knowledge is partly what you're buying.
I know what youre saying Alex, but I dont want to start some kind of bromance, I just want to buy a (freakishly sized) tyre! Anyway, I cant afford to have an affair with Charlie or Tim. Them two are high maintenance you know.
A geared Jones just looks wrong 😕
A geared Jones just looks wrong
Yeah, but this is a demo, and the evil plan is to woo geary people to the jones way. And if I can get them to spend money on jones and not electric shifty shimano stuff, then shimano will start closing down and will be whittling mechs from old tin cans in a shed in Taiwan, and Jeff and myself will become bill gates rich and can build 70 feet tall space frame monster bikes that will crush everything in our path, with laser beams and death rays, and an ashtray... and then we can take over the world, but not Basingstoke. You can keep Basingstoke. And that kids, is why gears are useful.
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have a singlespeed fat fronted one (they're the truth man) and a pink thing 😯
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bonus points for naming the trails.....and then telling me that i need gears and suspension 😆
Damnit the black steel SF looks too good. 'What would HR Giger ride?'
I know I know!!!
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It's the nugget.. Both of them is.
Mmm.... Wish I were rich . In monetary terms as opposed to some bloke called rich
Tazz.
Your pink thing hurt my eyes.
Looks like the Marin Trail in your first pic?
Damnit the black steel SF looks too good. 'What would HR Giger ride?'
Deffo. Mind you that brings odd thoughts of a Jones chestburster to mind...
Stupid tech question - what hub for the truss fork? Is it 135mm eg. Hope fatsno?
Andy
Stupid tech question - what hub for the truss fork? Is it 135mm eg. Hope fatsno?
Jones 135 front hub or a paul components whub, with no faffing..any other 135 front or rear hub with micking about with spacers and adaptors.
Stu- yes Marin for the top pic....last time my pink thing hurt your eyes it's 'cos I missed your mouth in the dark.
What Tazzy said about hubs. Brant apparently will have a Truss fork compatable hub from his Phat Bike.
Now, I've been trying to ignore this whole Jones thing in the hope that it would go away and I wouldn't need to try/buy one. However, looking on threads like this and Jonesbikes.com hasn't helped matters - I mean, this....
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..is all manner of wrong and right at the same time. I want one, badly.....
How do these ride compared to say, a 26inch full suss trail bike? Are they faster/slower or is it just different? I want one but its going to take a lot of convincing to part with nearly £1800 for a steel frame and fork
How do these ride compared to say, a 26inch full suss trail bike?
Very different. Obviously if speed over rough ground is a priority and you're a capable rider then sus is good, but it has to get suprisingly fast and rough before the Jones loses out in a big way. If you 'get' rigid bikes, this is like the AM/FR version - you can handle a Jones way better than rigid bikes that are sus-corrected or based on 'normal' mtb format. What Jeff says about them on the site is pretty spot-on imo. You need to try one.
Sounds like I do. I raced a 26 inch rigid through the winter last year so I'm not a newb to the whole rigid thing. My new 29er bike will also be rigid too.
Maybe a demo on one is needed then. What are those bars like to ride? they look horrendous!
That green shopping trolley is loverly.
If only I could find an excuse to own a Ti and steel space frame.