Originally Posted by Eggplant Jeff
Ok sorry my bad, dunno what I was thinking about the electric bike. Someone on here was commuting on one, but I don't know why I thought it was you.
i think it's longhorn. haven't heard from her for a while though.
Maybe it's that the comfort configurations have the handlebars closer to the seat (horizontally), for a more upright posture?
that was my impression. but i mentioned that, and dropping the bars to about the same horizontal position i'm used to (just a little below the saddle) didn't help, i know. part of it was also that the bars were all wider than i'm used to on the ones i tried. you're reaching, but you still don't put as much weight on your hands and arms. those wider bars also made the steering feel sloppy. you have to make a larger movement to get the same effect because you're further from the actual rotation point.
the other thing i mentioned to one of them was that it just seems like the hip-to-foot angle is different. it seemed like your thrust has to go slightly forwards, and nothing in my hips or knees liked that. then when you're standing up, you're having to come forward from the saddle and stand over that point where the thrust part of the rotation happens. totally different balance scenario, and you can't let your own weight do some of the work for you. my quads and knees didn't like it at all
i had them move the saddles forwards as far as they'd go, and it just changed the nature of the problem without really fixing anything. bah.
Not really sure, but you're right... you stand up and you just seem taller and too close to the handlebars. It doesn't really help you be able to put on a lot of acceleration.
glad it's not just me.
Heh I dunno, from what I can tell Jamis occupies a fairly unique niche, in between affordable and expensive and pretty decent quality for your money. I'm not sure you'd have been shown a lot of comparable options.
worth a try though, and then i could come home and say i'd done my due process and really knew that i liked what i got. it would have been fun to find more bikes that i really liked too. that part was a bit disappointing. it was more like work than recreation trying them out.
velogirl, how strong are the coda wheels and tires? i've never had anything so skinny, so i can't help thinking they must be really fragile. even though i know it doesn't necessarily work like that. any input?