Faculties are closed for Midwinter Recess and which means this weblog is simply too. Nonetheless, since 2024 is The Yr Of Paring Down, I’m making the most of the downtime to stock and assess my velocipedal holdings as they presently stand. So between Monday and Friday I’ll make an intensive accounting of all my bicycles, not together with those belonging to different members of my rapid household, or elements and frames stuffed deep in a storage unit, which is to say it received’t be very thorough in any respect. Nonetheless, it will likely be a kind of full image of all fully-assembled bicycles presently owned, operated, and usually ridden by me. This may enable me to find out whether or not or not I have to proceed divesting or buying because the case could also be, and is totally for my very own edification. So when you’re welcome to learn and remark don’t count on to be entertained, although truthfully you shouldn’t expect that anyway.
See you again right here Monday, February twenty sixth.
I Love You,
–Tan Tenovo
Jones LWB
Use: “Mountain biking” (no matter which means), path rides, mixed-terrain rides, snow rides…
Wadrobe: Common garments or bikey garments
Miscellaneous notes: No bike I’ve is as concurrently comfy and succesful because the Jones. If I needed to I might even add racks and fenders and make the Jones as sensible for around-town driving because the Platypus–although once more, thankfully I don’t must make that call and might have each. The Jones is the bike I select if I need to have the ability to trip on any kind of terrain with out limitation, and due to the upright place I don’t really feel like I have to dress up in particular garments to be able to trip it, which is why I take it on trip with me. (I’ve ridden the Jones in bike garments with clipless pedals, and I’ve ridden it in jorts with flat pedals and sandals, and each approaches go well with it equally nicely.) Whereas I used to have a number of “mountain bikes” (no matter which means) I’ve come to understand the Jones is the one one I want, since I can trip it on any kind of path, and but I don’t should be on a path to be able to take pleasure in it, as a result of it feels good as quickly as I roll it out the entrance door. It additionally makes good use of contemporary stuff like tubeless tires, disc brakes, and single-ring wide-range clutch drivetrains while remaining a essentially easy bicycle due to the totally inflexible body.
