Big thanks to Biff for sorting out the test ride and Just Riding Along for building the front wheel ridiculously quickly to satisfy my impatience!
First ride this morning and I love it. For any of the taller guys it has been said many times before but ignore the sizing and try one, I'm 6ft 3 and find it perfect with a 100mm stem and jeffs weird bars.....truly brilliant bike.
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Glad you like it 🙂
I personally don't get the Jones thing at all though 😕
What's it like for wheelies?
Pull us a wheelie
Edit; haha , too slow, damn 🙂
Errr wheelies very well thanks.
Pics or it never happened
looking good.
I personally don't get the Jones thing at all though
+1 I'm afraid 🙁
the Ti ones ride lovely, that needs a wide/narrow ring so you can lose the chain device, it's spoiling the lines
Is that a 26" fat front & a 29" rear?
I don't get it
Depends if you like riding rigid I guess. Where I live (surrey hils) the terrain is generally pretty smooth, the jumps generally quite small and its short ups and downs so after riding a number of bikes, full sus and so called hardcore hardtails, I have more fun on the rigid. As an extension from that the jones with a fat front is the most fun rigid I've ever ridden, quite happy chasing after mates on 4-5 inch travel bikes, slower in parts but I'm not racing and sure as hell couldn't care less about strava. Plus I can get it out the shed and put it back in again without being frustrated that my rp23 has cavitated, the fork crown is creaking, my seal change hasn't been done etc.....
Rocket dog - yes it has a works chain ring but I know a couple of guys that have been riding xx1 for ages and they drop their chain when the ring has worn. Given hat it gets thrown around on the rigid I've gone for security. Appreciate aesthetics though.
And yes, fat 26" front, 29 rear
could you do a pic without the bike? that monstrosity is spoiling the view of the wall.
Nice looking bike, good reasons for selecting it. Am considering a similar solution to the to a slightly different problem, have time to fit short rides in through the winter in day light but not the time to clean and faff. A quick chain lube and in the shed is the way forward. Simple.
thumbs up from me.
I totally understand your riding 'style'. Fun ain't measured in times or speed.
Hope you have loads of fun on it. It's a nice looking thing.
MT - we have an 8 week old baby which means time is short for me as well and therefore another plus of the rigid approach.
Cool. I had my first ride out in the hills on my full rigid SS 69er today, loved it. I get what your saying, I've done the LT HT & FS etc before and really can't be arsed. Embrace the new school of keeping it simples. Can't measure fun on Strava.
Just 5 words...."I want to ride that!"
Nice build OP 8)
That I like. Red is nice for bikes.
's ok, you don't need to )I don't get it
Red is always good on a bike. Makes it look fast even when still.
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