Thanks so much for the helpful input. For some strange reason my post
asking for advice took a week to actually appear on the forum; I assume
because it was my first submission, and it had to pass through moderators .
In the mean time, I was finally able to get a hold of Jarrod at Hope
Cyclery,
Thanks. Jones said he'd email me that OW of the chainstays at the
end-of-cranks position but never did. But research indicates that current
models won't give me the required 160 mm or lower Q and, in fact, after
much measurement and calculation the arithmetical evidence convinced me
that my
Patrick, my Jones was a “Jones 29”. This was the Jones “29’er” and came just before the “Jones Plus” bikes, be it LWB or SWB. Mine was a 130 spaced frame front & rear. It was a Diamond frame (not spaceframe) with a unicrown fork (not truss). Quick release axles and a very tight wheelbase. The
Patrick,
The Jones frame is made with a Boost 148 rear spacing which calls for a
51-53mm chainline. What this does is move the cassette 3mm further away
from center. This is done for better tire and FD clearance. When I was
looking at Jones frames, I read all this and while on the surface
All interesting. I just finished a week of gravel riding out of Patagonia
AZ (highly recommended!) with a friend who is much more of a mountain/off
road rider than myself. He was on a Salsa Cutthroat and I was on my 2013
Atlantis with 50mm tires. I make no bike recommendations but my buddy
This is very interesting; I thought all Riv models except the various road
models were "country bikes" but to hear the Gus compared to a Jones would
seem to be high praise, from what I read about the Jones (it's one of Bike
Snob's keepers in his current bike purge).
I just gave away my sole
As Jim suggests, the Platypus isn't just a pavement bike (it'll actually
fit 2.2s; mine has 50s and fenders) but, as Richard says, it's also not a
trail bike. It's a good all-rounder and great on mixed surface, gravel-ish
rides (and sure, some light singletrack is fair game). But if, as you
Welcome, Gregger!
I have a Platy as my only riv, which I bought as a third option late
because I missed the Gus boat in Dec 2021 and the Atlantis boat in April
2022. I mostly use the Platy for groceries, baby hauling and mixed gravel
but occasionally ride it on more Rocky Mountain bike trails
I’ve not ridden a Platypus but I’ve yet to hear it described as a trail bike. Love, love, love my Clem on & off road but if things get dicey it’s a bit overwhelmed with the lower bottom bracket - compared to my Gus. The Gus or the new Susie (get one! Run do not walk!) are singletrack machines. Yes
Long time listener, first time caller.
It's a bit hard to tell if you lovely folks on this forum enjoy or loathe
these "help me pick a bike" posts - there are a lot of them - but I really
would greatly appreciate your input on my situation. I bought a Leo
Roadini a while back (my first Riv)
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