Originally Posted by
Hill-Pumper
Since you are looking at Kona's, you might want to look at the Jake. It is a cyclocross bike that has provisions for a rack. I test rode the Dew Drop and the Jake and went with the Jake. It felt more like my road bike, so that could have been a factor.
Yep, Jake's a great bike. I seriously, seriously abuse mine- after a couple of seasons I've managed to crack the driveside eyelets on my rear wheel, but it hasn't failed. Having the wheels retensioned shortly after you buy it might avoid that problem.
Here it is last weekend:
And here it was last month (I still had the touring tires, racks and fenders on until just a couple hours before that race above
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I've never seen one or ridden one, but I gotta agree- that Dew Drop looks damn cool. I can take or leave disc brakes on a road bike, but when loaded down, MTB gearing would work a little better than the road bike gearing on my Jake.