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Submitted by
Large Marge
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Canada | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1400.00 | | Purchased At: | Bow Cycle | | Strengths: | Comfortable, fast ride for urban commutes over rough terrain, on and off sidewalks. Early season gravel and pot holes are no problem. | | Weaknesses: | Cantilever brakes don't have the stopping power for quick stops in traffic (to avoid cars). Adjustment period for stopping, and hard to switch between this bike and other bikes with say, hydraulic disk brakes. | | Similar Products Used: | None. Have used an old mountain bike with rigid fork, slick tires and flat bar for commuting. | | Bike Setup: | Stock
Added rear rack, fenders, mirror and bell | | Bottom Line: | This bike is fun and fast to ride. The urban commute through traffic and up and down big hills is no problem. Comfortable riding position and addition of auxilary brakes, helps with lots of hand positions. The 2009 JTS has carbon forks and retro green color looks really hot.
Easy to jump off and on curbs and just feels more efficient than my old ride. Recommend this to anyone looking for a commuting bike where you have some distance and want speed with comfort and reliability.
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Submitted by
Tony Vanderzanden
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: February 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | E.T. B (Cross Course) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Swap | | Strengths: | Aggresive, Comfy, and Strong | | Weaknesses: | Nothing Screams out so far... | | Similar Products Used: | GT ZR5000, GT Avalanche | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | I almost missed work on my first ride. This bike rocks. I happy to have a new girlfriend named Jake. You can not go wrong with this bike...
Beside the usual swap of parts. (Stem, Cranks, Ect) which will only be done if and when the originals bust. You need not change a thing.
This will be my Race bike, Commuter, and weekend thrasher. If you ride off road at all. You need not buy a road bike. Buy a cross bike. Buy a Jake the Snake... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Victoria
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Stiff frame works great when you hammer, positive feeling front end, solid package overall. | | Weaknesses: | Chromed plastic bar plugs pop out when you crash. Straight fork pretty harsh. | | Similar Products Used: | No cyclocross. Specialized Epic Carbon, Kona Hot & Explosif, Cannondale SR-500. | | Bike Setup: | Swapped stock tires for Schwalbe Specialz, flipped stem to lower bars a touch, full mudguards, nightsun classic lights, SPD 525's. | | Bottom Line: | I'm using Jake for a 50k return commute on about a 50/50 gravel/pavement route. Big ring and drops on the pavement, smaller ring and hoods for the gravel. About 1000' of climbing and Jake honks up it and feels stable coming down. A great all around bike and I think probably 95% of mountain bike buyers would be better off with something similar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Moonter
a Cross-Country Rider
from Edinburgh, Scotland
Date Reviewed: August 30, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Devil's Staircase | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Ride,ride,ride.
Looks.
Parts | | Weaknesses: |
No way of adjusting the indexing of the front mech.
Not the lightest | | Bike Setup: |
Standard apart from triple c/set | | Bottom Line: | This bike rules. It's SO much fun to ride. Cyclocross bikes are the way ahead.
Ride everything you'd ride your MTB over. Amazing. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Precious Roy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Santa Cruz
Date Reviewed: June 18, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Poached | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Versatile
well-designed
great spec - mostly
sweet ride | | Weaknesses: |
squeaky Ritchey brake
Funky Sugino crank
needs bigger cassette
front toe overlap at slow speeds
Horrible stock saddle
Freds think I'm Jake! | | Similar Products Used: |
Schwinn SuperSport road bike
Klein HT
Redline Cyclo-X | | Bottom Line: | I'm quite tempted to say this is the favorite bike currently in my quiver. And that's saying quite a bit considering how much I adore my Klein. But this bike is the absolute bomb! It can handle anything you throw at it. Yes, the 700C wheels wont take brain-dead decents -- you really need to pick your lines, but that only helps improve ones handling skills. It's a tremendous commute bike, fast comfy and durable. I cant wait to race it in next year's Surf City Cyclocross season! Road tires turn it into a pretty fast hotrod. The steel fork is comfy but tracks very well. Okay, heres the nits I can pick. I had to swap out the front brake cause the Ritchey Logic canti would not stop squealing. I had an old pair of XT cantis laying around that solved that.
The saddle was this plastic Nitrox number. Might be okay for mud riding cause it just wipes clean, but that was gone after the first day. But who sticks with the stock seat anyway? The stock cassette wasnt geared low enough for me, so I slapped on a 32-T XTR cassette. My toe hits the front wheel at very slow speeds,when the pedal is forward, but it hasnt been a major problem. Finally, the crank - which has worked fine - is a bland Sugino unit. It says High strength and precision on the driveside arm, which I think is kinda cheesy.But overall, this is an excellent riding, cool looking, very versatile rig. I cant understand why anyone who loves the dirt would buy a true roadbike when a 'cross bike offers 90% of the road speed, plus the advantage of dirt-worthiness. 5 chilies, minus one for the brake, saddle and cassette choices | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thom
a Racer
from Ashland,Or.
Date Reviewed: April 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
North Umpqua River Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Light weight, excellent handling, frame comes well prepped from factory, tons o' clearance, sweet orange paint job, excellent service from factory. | | Weaknesses: |
Fork a little heavy(but very precise), down tube cable stops lack ability to have barrel adjusters on frame. | | Similar Products Used: |
GT cross frame, Redline cross, Bianchi cross. | | Bike Setup: |
Chris King headset and hubs, Mavic Open Pro rims, Race Face cranks, 105 9-speed STI shifters, Sachs derailluers and chain, Onza brakes, Control Tech handlebar and seatpost, Salsa drop bar and skewers, Vittoria tires, Time pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent deal due to quality construction, fiinish work, handling and price. I wish the fork was a little lighter, but then the last fork I had was a Kinesis Cross-Lite. The frame is amazingly comfortable, especially for oversize aluminum. I heartily reccomend it to any one. Just make sure you score some inline barrel adjusters(Klein is a great source) or use a rear derailluer that has one built in, | | Overall Rating: |
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