Should I order a Jones Bike (LWB)? Would have to sell a couple others (drop bar gravel and singlespeed flatbar cx) to get down to just this one. Priorities are simplicity, comfort, responsive all-round riding (can it still feel efficient enough doing 10 miles on pavement?)
by Wind2255
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Sure why not
Make sure you get it with the truss fork as well for good measure
How important is 29+ to you? The SWB can’t run 29+ but the shorter chainstays and wheelbase should make it a bit more playful/responsive?
I mean who can answer that for you? Personally if I had to go down to one bike it’d be a gravel bike. I don’t personally have a desire / use case for a bike like that… but each person’s desires / ideas of what is useful / ideas of what is fun are totally different.
I’ve had a few Surly’s. Sold my Karate Monkey (current gen., 27.5+, rigid) due to feeling like it was too much bike and too overbuilt and ‘slack’-ish for the all-round riding I was looking for (mix of 5-10 mile pavement rides, grass/gravel, singletrack trail). The weight didn’t bother me too much while riding, but felt it other times. Enjoyed the bike though. Just don’t want to feel like this is just a stretched out 29er version of basically the same bike. (I’ve got a drop bar Bombora, which I’ve liked in many ways so far as something I got instead of the KM.)
Personally, the geometry never really made that much sense to me.
A slack ST (71) and a slack HT (67.5) seems like two halves of different geo approaches.
I’ve lusted over these for a while, seems like an awesome long distance bike. If I was to get one, which I may, I’d have to option it with a truss fork. I know it jacks the price up but its just so cool.
This is subjective but for me, I ride 30-100km at any given time and always been using this geometry.
Currently I ride Kona Dr Dew somewhat similar to this, it is heavy but still can ride 100km, comfortable and handles well.
I got a SWB right before the sale 🥴. Foul weather has been keeping me from putting too many miles on it. So far my impressions are: slack ST feels weird and it’s heavy as hell. This is my first plus bike and I am not that impressed with that aspect of it, if I keep it I would probably go up to 29 and do like a 2.5.. Pretty comfortable though.
I’ve owned a LWB in the past. It’s a surprisingly quick feeling bike when riding around town. 10 or 20 miles would be no problem at all.
It’s also a surprisingly capable single track machine.
It looks crazy similar to a surly bridge club
Do it!Â
If you don’t like it, sell it to me 😉
I immagine it would be a tire size/pressure thing for the bike. It may be more relaxed and slightly more slugging on pavement with thinner tires. You’d also have to mid corner scraping.
I personally think that jones bikes are a quiver killer so yeah, I’d take the chance. I haven’t met a single person who didn’t absolutely love theirs.
Probably maybe
Make sure that you always have one no-worries lock outside bike. Further, don’t even think of dumping your other bikes until you’ve extensively test ridden the bike.
They are definitely not a mainstream bike choice but that is why they are super cool. Plus they have been having a good on the older models right now.
Yes