There are some pics of him hucking the thing off stuff I wouldn't even think about trying on my rigid bike for fear of catastrophic failure. It's supposed to remain laterally stiff for efficiency while being vertically compliant for some absorption. I think it's intriguing...but I'm not quite convinced. I'd like to give one a test ride though just for the heck of it. The Ti frame/fork is almost 4k though. There is a $1500 steel option. Still awefully skeptical when you can find a decent frame with suspension in a similar weight range...though probably not as efficient as the Jones.
I can see that, the fork looks like it was designed to flex quite a bit vertically. As long as the welds are good and the steel used is good quality, I could see it being able to handle some pretty rough stuff while still being semi joint friendly. Iono why, but I really like it (must be the engineer in me
); I always fall for odd, uniquely designed things. Too bad it's currently about $1400 out of my price range
(and that would be for the steel model).