Originally Posted by
winston63
Ah, that's too bad that they've got this design issue. I commute on a 2010 Jake The Snake and it's been trouble free since the get go. Kona Jakes (and variants) of different vintages are by far the most common bike used to commute at my place of work. Out of say, approximately 30 bikes that lock up where I do there are five Jakes of different years and four Jake the Snakes.
Yeah, I had a 2008 Jake that I used for nearly 10,000 miles with no problems, and I'm still using a 2008 Major Jake as my race bike and it's always been great. I have a 2013 Jake the Snake which has never had a shifting problem, but it's set up as a singlespeed, so that doesn't say much.
Originally Posted by
winston63
However, I don't see any Jakes newer than 2012 which may be indicative of this issue.
Or it could be just a coincidence. The shifting problem I had hasn't kept me from commuting on this bike. It just frustrated me for a couple of weeks until I took it in to the LBS and they found a way to fix it.