I'm in southern Maine, near Portland. Too far from Ohio, but thanks anyway. Yeah, the front hub on the Jones 135 is unnerving. At least there's a few 150mm hub options and an increasing supply of fat bikes out there to support that standard. It's the 148 on the new bike that worries me.
On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 4:17:57 PM UTC-5, Eric Daume wrote: > > Where are you located? There's a tiny chance someone has a Jones near > you... you're welcome to test ride my 25" Plus model, if you're near > Central Ohio. > > Regarding hub standards, the older QR Jones uses a 142mm through axle > *front* disc spaced hub on the front fork. Good luck finding one of those > anywhere, aside from Jones and Paul. > > Eric > Plain City, OH > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Christopher Cote <christophe...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm sure it would be, if that's what effect lowering the trail has. I >> just don't know. There's no dealer for Jones anywhere near here, and >> finding one to try is not likely to happen. It's a big investment to buy >> one just to find out. That's why I'm posting here, to learn from Jones >> owners. >> >> On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 3:37:28 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 12/21/2016 03:34 PM, Christopher Cote wrote: >>> > Thanks for the response! I haven't ridden a low trail bike, so I >>> > really can't say how trail influences the ride. I do know exactly what >>> > you're saying about the trail effects of fat tires, though. By the >>> > numbers, my Wednesday already has well over 100mm of trail. Add the >>> > extremely low tire pressure I like to run, and it can be interesting >>> > to get the bike to change lines sometimes. That's when the short >>> > chainstays are nice, I can loft the front end and apply a little body >>> > english to get the ship to come around. I don't know if it's a >>> > holdover from riding dirt bikes, but I also find myself dabbing the >>> > rear brake a bit to help change direction sometimes. >>> >>> Don't you think it would be better to reduce the trail so that you could >>> actually steer the bike without having to do front end lifts and >>> bootlegger turns? >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
