This is a titanium Diamond frame / Truss fork Jones powdercoated black – the Stealth City Bike. The owner, Gideon, wanted it as inconspicuous as we could manage. Not that easy when we’ve a fat front tire and some quite distinctive Jones elements but it’s better than naked Ti and a big decal on […]
Dear Jeff
I just wanted to say that I had a wonderful trip on my Jeff Jones across the Himalayas from Tibet to Nepal during September. I hope I’m your first customer to ride one of your bikes to the north face Everest base camp in Tibet. The bike was simply brilliant and I enclose […]
Presence, Thoughts and InterJones 2013 . . .
I returned home (quite) a few weeks ago from Interbike, the big North American bicycle industry show held in Las Vegas each year. I went without bikes or bars and just walked the isles bumping into friends and old acquaintances. It’s nice to catch up and talk […]
It was in 2002, or thereabouts, that I created the first Jones H-bar after holding two short pieces of tubing in my hands, out in front of me, while sitting on a bike in my shop without handle bars. More sweep seemed natural and right within the natural range of motion for my arms. 45 degrees is half way between a 90 degree […]
Bicycle Times has reviewed a Jones. My steel diamond frame and unicrown forked version. They had various members of the team ride the bike so you get a variety of views. I like that. The feature is in Issue 26 (available now). They finish up by asking “Could this be the one bike to […]
I kind of only make ‘one bike’ – it just happens to be a very capable bike, whether steel or titanium. This is because it is all about the ride and you can therefore ride my bikes all over the place – on road and off. My bike makes a very good ‘road bike’. […]
I’m in print. That ink-on-paper stuff that used to be the only way things were available. Privateer sent Grant Robinson to see me back in the summer and he took some pictures – and then Steve Worland and I had a fair few conversations about (me and my thoughts on) bicycles.
We talk about ‘rigid’ […]
It has been a while (eg 2008) since you could get a Jones titanium Diamond frame. We have been receiving numerous requests for us to make more and we are finally pleased to announce that we’re doing a small run. They should be ready to ship by mid-November. We are taking pre-orders for frame […]
Press Release: New 710mm Jones Loop H-Bar
More and more people are discovering that the Jones Loop H-Bar is very versatile and functional. It is an excellent replacement for either a flat/straight bar or a drop bar.
Surly Bikes contacted me several months ago asking about the possibility of getting custom Jones H-Bars for some of […]
