a tale of 2 plus bikes.
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:30 pm
owned a jones plus, sold it after about 8 months. i tried to like it, lusted after a jones since their 1st inception. really wanted to like it, but it just wasnt for me i guess.
it felt nice offroad, but no more so than any hardtail 29er. it carried luggage well, but no better than my disc trucker, it was sublimly comfy. but it creaked, it felt too small, it felt very long too.
a odd bike, loved by some, but not by me.
so, after getting reasonably fit, and feeling pretty good, i thought i would dip a toe into the plus bike market again. it suits me i reckon. a big lump on a big bike.
i choose a surly ecr. i got the train to manchester yesterday morning, to collect my new bike from Keep Pedalling.
when Rich brought it up, i was well chuffed with how it looked. business like and not too fancy. but god, it looked huge. once my pedals were fitted, water bottle on, i said my goodbyes and set off on the ride back to leeds.
i followed the Rochdale canal out of Manchester, stopping at Todmorden for lunch, and then continued on the canal all the way back to Wakefield, and then tracks and paths back home.
66 miles with maybe 5 miles on tarmac. pretty great to be honest. the whole of the route was nice, even in manchester and rochdale. well worth the effort
and the bike was faultless. 66 miles on a new bike, that i had never ridden.i expected soreness, and to be stopping to adjust things all the time. it was just fine. very comfy ride. ace wide bars, perfect shape for my shoulder width. and rather than being perched on top of the bike, like i was on the jones, i feel like i am sat inside and behind the high cockpit.
so far so good.
Jones 0 surly 1............. so far.
2018-06-24_05-22-41 by 20ston, on Flickr
it felt nice offroad, but no more so than any hardtail 29er. it carried luggage well, but no better than my disc trucker, it was sublimly comfy. but it creaked, it felt too small, it felt very long too.
a odd bike, loved by some, but not by me.
so, after getting reasonably fit, and feeling pretty good, i thought i would dip a toe into the plus bike market again. it suits me i reckon. a big lump on a big bike.
i choose a surly ecr. i got the train to manchester yesterday morning, to collect my new bike from Keep Pedalling.
when Rich brought it up, i was well chuffed with how it looked. business like and not too fancy. but god, it looked huge. once my pedals were fitted, water bottle on, i said my goodbyes and set off on the ride back to leeds.
i followed the Rochdale canal out of Manchester, stopping at Todmorden for lunch, and then continued on the canal all the way back to Wakefield, and then tracks and paths back home.
66 miles with maybe 5 miles on tarmac. pretty great to be honest. the whole of the route was nice, even in manchester and rochdale. well worth the effort
and the bike was faultless. 66 miles on a new bike, that i had never ridden.i expected soreness, and to be stopping to adjust things all the time. it was just fine. very comfy ride. ace wide bars, perfect shape for my shoulder width. and rather than being perched on top of the bike, like i was on the jones, i feel like i am sat inside and behind the high cockpit.
so far so good.
Jones 0 surly 1............. so far.
2018-06-24_05-22-41 by 20ston, on Flickr