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Old 10-03-13 | 11:22 AM
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Having put a bunch of miles on the Sojourn, I would say it is a touring-styled bicycle. I say this due to the rear wheel falling apart after 4,400 miles. So I've got 30,000+ miles on it now, but that's with replacement wheels. REI had them on sale in the fall, I saw them at the store, but they didn't have any in my size- but my local bike shop was a Raleigh dealer and was able to match REI's price okay.

One of the local bike shops was a Jamis dealer, but as best I could tell, they didn't have a single Jamis bike, touring or not, in stock when I visited.

The "big" store that had the Trek 520's 3 or 4 years ago had a couple of LHT a while back when I was in there, I doubt they had my size, still, but it was closer. They probably had a couple of hundred road bikes, but it tends to be 20 of this kind and 30 of that, not a 100 different bikes, so selection isn't really all that great even there.

Anyway, don't be surprised if you have to special-order something sight-unseen, it's not ideal, but it happens.
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