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Old 11-02-05 | 08:44 PM
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treechunk
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Bikes: Lots. Mostly steel. Mostly heavy. Mostly geared, and very low, at that.

Originally Posted by psn
I just noticed that they left a ****ton of steerer tube on that fork. Weird. On the other hand, I cut mine at least 10-15 mm too short (that was dumb). Guess they'd rather be safe than stupid (like me).

Edit: Oh big party foul here. I looked at the end of the catalog, and the 55 cm and larger frames have 175 mm cranks. Tsk tsk! Also, stock gearing is 48-15. They must have 'em big thighs over at Jamis.

Can you guys tell that I'm avoiding homework?

They've been leaving long steerer tubes on the forks of all their bikes this year, which I think is great.
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