[Closed] Jones: Worth selling rest of your bikes for?

Quite surprised you have mate,as you only ride when the sun shines .... 8)

How many of the Jones converts on here are a little taller than average.
Always fancied the bikes but have concerns the one size frame might not work for my 6 2" height.
I know they apparently are supposed to fit but do they in practise.

Even if the sun had been shining the last 2 mths I wouldn't have ridden, but now I'm living next to some good riding and I'm enjoying it again 🙂

Good to hear you're getting out & about again matey... 🙂

emac65 - Member
Good to hear you're getting out & about again matey...

er,you feeling ok,JJ ? 😆

It's JJ keef....I'd guess that he's feeling lonely....surely he can't have many friends? 😆

Why does the website keep banging on about the bikes being non-suspended when they have moving seat tubes that allow the "seat tube to flex back and down for a smoother ride", have a massive front tyre, and forks that look like they must be designed to flex up and down? Surely that is just suspending the rider, but by stuff bending/squishing rather than sliding?

Orangejohn I'm 6'3" and about 110kg. I bought one of the first round of Merlin Jones. I've thought about selling it a couple of times, but that's always been when I haven't been riding it. Then I do ride it and I can't imagine selling it.

All in all it fits fine. I do like what would generally be considered a more upright position, but with the bars and other elements of the design I move around more on the bike and find it more comfortable than any other bike I own.

Bigjim.

The fork is the stiffest thing i've ever riden.
My Van 36 flexes more under brakng that my truss fork.

Grum.
I can't see anyone trying to justify anything.
What i can see is people answering questions that have been asked.

Next time i'm passing your neck of the woods i'll bring mine with me and we can go out for a ride.
That way you can try it out and ask as many questions as you want with out coming across as someone that's just looking for an argument or trying to score points agains others.

Tom B - Member

Yep,can't argue with that.............. 🙂

How many of the Jones converts on here are a little taller than average.

When changed from a 90 to 70mm stem, It felt better to me. YMMV. But I'm a shortarse 5'8" 😉

An Inbred with a rigid fork maybe?

I used to race one of these. Seriously, don't do it...

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/lapierre-frame-spares-only-available-to-original-owner

one could almost believe the boingy bike manufacturers also prefer we buy rigid bikes

I still race my Inbred with rigid forks. Love it..........

I actually took a good picture this weekend.

And to answer the original question: if I lived at Afan I would not run a rigid bike everyday, but Si was mental fast on his jones this weekend.

I'm 6'2" and was fine with a 110mm stem, and a layback Thompson post.

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6'1'' 120mm and layback here as well.
Is that picture from the Weald of Dorsetshire Charlie? On the heath by he ferry? Aglestone country?

No, not Dorset, tail end of skyline at Afan.

But look, it's not raining, sleeting, snowing... It's dry and sunny.

Si was on the jones, I was on the krampus... Two very different approaches to rigid bikes.... The jones was so nimble, the krampus was rolling thunder.