January 2008

Drop bar build

By Jones Bicycles|January 28th, 2008|

I finished this build and took it out for a good test ride (every bike is then cleaned and re-tuned completely before being packed up for shipping). The ride went very well. It worked perfectly. I climbed from my shop up the mountain out of the dark and cold under the clouds, up to […]

Standard bottom bracket

By Jones Bicycles|January 28th, 2008|

Here’s the first geared only VCLS without an EBB. It’s 200grams lighter than the EBB version. If you never want to run your bike singlespeed then this would be a good option.

Twelve speed pavement

By Jones Bicycles|January 28th, 2008|

The pavement 12 speed bike build. This is a bike that I built up for road. It has 35c tires but at quite high pressure so you get speed and comfort. It’s a fun ride. It’s not the Spaceframe but it has the same fork and geometry so a spaceframe bike would build up […]

Shakedown

By Jones Bicycles|January 2nd, 2008|

I went out to test a customer’s bike… “I had a very good ride yesterday. It was just around freezing and the trail was very slushy and in some places icy. There was even some rain. I rode from the shop up the mountain and out of the clouds. I climbed up past where […]

Six speed

By Jones Bicycles|January 2nd, 2008|

I’ve just finished a very small batch of the XT 6 speed cassettes. I create each one from modifying stock cassettes and fit them to a King single speed hub. Here are some pictures of one on a frameset I’m building up. The new Shadow XTR derailleur is very low profile. It delivers a […]