Jamis Dakar No.2 , Finished and ridden. Pics up.

[Mr Universe]

Hi , hope you've all had a very good Christmas, and Santa was good to you

For me , I think I consumed most of the norther regions. 'Beverages' over the new year.. Obviously 'It has to be done, even at 50' :facepalm:

Time to Ring in a new one and all that..

So following on from my Jamis/Serotta Encounter last fall, I decided to help a good lady RetroBike member on here and rescue 'Jamis' No.2 ,
Yes you guessed if you payed attention at the back their , , Kaz , had decided to lead it out to new pastures, even though it made a real nice stablemate next to her then 'Green Breezer'..Wonder where that is now :facepalm:

So , rather than waffle anymore, I'm hitting the trails , mud is calling, ,,

Project No.1 of 2017.. Ticked off. , Thanks Kaz



Ian

More soon

 

[Mr Universe]

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Thought I'd update for those interested

I've already put quite a few miles on her so far , few tweaks here and their , other than that jams no.2 is finished.,

Few pics..

The Jamis Brothers

 

[Mr Universe]

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:shock: 156 Views , not one comment ? , no love for these , or is it because its full suspension ?

Skewers are the right orientation, hmm .. Or is it because I omitted the cable crimp :shock: :facepalm:

 

[LikeClockwork]

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Sorry Ian, only just seen this! :facepalm:

Fantastic, so glad you could do something with my old one, and of course, I now wish I'd kept him...they make a lovely pair though

 

[Jamis Diablo]

I really like them both, I've had a Dakar team from '96, sadly had to sell that once, lovely bike.
Is the red Dakar Makster's?

 

[Mr Universe]

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LikeClockwork

Sorry Ian, only just seen this! :facepalm:

Fantastic, so glad you could do something with my old one, and of course, I now wish I'd kept him...they make a lovely pair though

Phew! thought I'd offended people :shock: thanks kaz,

Just to rub it in Its really is a quite nice bike to ride.

My other red Jamis I bought was my first 'Jamis' Bike I'd owned, and was blew away with the ride, being made by 'Serotta maybe helped , so when yours became available, it would have been rude not to at least give it a go eh!

Sure enough , I'm again surprised with the ride, loving it, I've covered well over a hundred miles now and its been faultless for what it was designed to do

Very underrated branding perhaps !

Fully built as in per pics, its coming in at 25.4lbs so not heavy imho

The bike feels balanced nicely, handles well, maybe a newer , modern more active, more tunable rear shock in the rear, if available, would make it better

Straight bars look better imho , but the risers just have the edge along with a short reach stem on handling , I've left the height on the judy steerer, hence the stack of headset spacers, Its about right for me, may cut it down at a later date.

Hope things are well with you , and once again thanks for selling me the frame,

For now a long term resident for sure

Jamis Diablo

I really like them both, I've had a Dakar team from '96, sadly had to sell that once, lovely bike.
Is the red Dakar Makster's?

Thanks ,

yes the Red Dakar, this one



I bought off Makster iirc , had it quite a while now, changed the spec, Dialled in now perfect , covered a lot of miles on this one too


Ian

 

[Jamis Diablo]

That 's also a very nice build, I'd put a M732 rear mech on to finish it.

 

[Mr Universe]

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Jamis Diablo

That 's also a very nice build, I'd put a M732 rear mech on to finish it.

Thanks very much , I assume you mean Jamis No.1 :?

If so then its currently running a Sram unit ,which is really nice