Jamis????

04-09-2004, 11:12 AM

After 20 years my wife and i will buy new bikes.

The wife has succesfully convinced me not to buy $70.00 K-Mart
specials, and I am now considering the Jamis Cross country 2.0

This bike fits my riding style, but i would value the groupos opinion
on quality, value and alternatives. Also, is there a ladies version
with same look and feel?

Thanks in advance

S

04-09-2004, 11:57 AM

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:12:14 -0400, Steve <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
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>After 20 years my wife and i will buy new bikes.

Hurrah! You can never have too many bikes, and new bikes are /always/
faster ;-)

>The wife has succesfully convinced me not to buy $70.00 K-Mart
>specials,

Smart woman :-)

> and I am now considering the Jamis Cross country 2.0
>This bike fits my riding style, but i would value the groupos opinion
>on quality, value and alternatives. Also, is there a ladies version
>with same look and feel?

No opinion on the Jamis (other than: go to the LBS, try lots of bikes
and buy the one that fist best) - but don't get too hung up on the
business of trying to find one for the missus which is the same style.
Or indeed a ladies' frame. It's not certain that both of you need the
same frame geometry, so if you both buy the bike that fits best it's
quite likely they will be entirely different bikes; many women find
that modern sloping tube MTBs are perfectly acceptable without going
for a mixte frame.

Hey, wait - have you considered a tandem?

May you have another twenty years of blissful cycling on your new
mounts :-)

--
Guy
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04-09-2004, 11:57 AM

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:12:14 -0400, Steve <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>After 20 years my wife and i will buy new bikes.

Hurrah! You can never have too many bikes, and new bikes are /always/
faster ;-)

>The wife has succesfully convinced me not to buy $70.00 K-Mart
>specials,

Smart woman :-)

> and I am now considering the Jamis Cross country 2.0
>This bike fits my riding style, but i would value the groupos opinion
>on quality, value and alternatives. Also, is there a ladies version
>with same look and feel?

No opinion on the Jamis (other than: go to the LBS, try lots of bikes
and buy the one that fist best) - but don't get too hung up on the
business of trying to find one for the missus which is the same style.
Or indeed a ladies' frame. It's not certain that both of you need the
same frame geometry, so if you both buy the bike that fits best it's
quite likely they will be entirely different bikes; many women find
that modern sloping tube MTBs are perfectly acceptable without going
for a mixte frame.

Hey, wait - have you considered a tandem?

May you have another twenty years of blissful cycling on your new
mounts :-)

--
Guy
===
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

04-09-2004, 11:57 AM

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:12:14 -0400, Steve <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>After 20 years my wife and i will buy new bikes.

Hurrah! You can never have too many bikes, and new bikes are /always/
faster ;-)

>The wife has succesfully convinced me not to buy $70.00 K-Mart
>specials,

Smart woman :-)

> and I am now considering the Jamis Cross country 2.0
>This bike fits my riding style, but i would value the groupos opinion
>on quality, value and alternatives. Also, is there a ladies version
>with same look and feel?

No opinion on the Jamis (other than: go to the LBS, try lots of bikes
and buy the one that fist best) - but don't get too hung up on the
business of trying to find one for the missus which is the same style.
Or indeed a ladies' frame. It's not certain that both of you need the
same frame geometry, so if you both buy the bike that fits best it's
quite likely they will be entirely different bikes; many women find
that modern sloping tube MTBs are perfectly acceptable without going
for a mixte frame.

Hey, wait - have you considered a tandem?

May you have another twenty years of blissful cycling on your new
mounts :-)

--
Guy
===
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University