Jango Bikes
04-30-09, 09:17 AM
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Jango Bikes
Has anybody heard how the Jango Bike holds up on tours? The whole idea seems a bit gimmicky, but I'd like to hear some first hand experience that's not affiliated with the company.
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04-30-09, 10:05 AM
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I bet he'd have put aerospokes on it if it was up to him.
06-10-09, 06:48 PM
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Ha!
The spokes are parallel pull (nipples side by side) so it looks like the wheel has less spokes then it does from a profile. As for the first hand experience I will have to excuse myself as I have an affiliation.
I can say that Topeak has a lot of experience building bikes for other major brands and that key principles within the organization were at one time employees of a large bike manufacturer.
Basically, they know how to design, build and spec a bike as well as most, they have considerable experience doing it.
The spokes are parallel pull (nipples side by side) so it looks like the wheel has less spokes then it does from a profile. As for the first hand experience I will have to excuse myself as I have an affiliation.
I can say that Topeak has a lot of experience building bikes for other major brands and that key principles within the organization were at one time employees of a large bike manufacturer.
Basically, they know how to design, build and spec a bike as well as most, they have considerable experience doing it.
06-10-09, 07:01 PM
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I looked over the Jango line very carefully at the Seattle Bike Expo.
My vote: pass.
The bike is too expensive for a casual rider, not spec'd well enough for a serious rider. The whole "plug and play" concept of plugging in lots of different accessories in order to make the bike suitable for different purposes means (to me) that the bike sits squarely in the middle of a bunch of different uses, but isn't really great for anything. Also seemed seriously overpriced to me, considering the quality of components on it. And if you're considering for a touring bike for paved roads I don't think you want the weight and complexity of a suspension fork.
Knowing that the bike came from Topeak, I came away with the impression that this is what a bike would look like if designed by an accessory company - it's really just a platform for all the accessories they want to sell you.
There are better touring bikes, for less money.
To be 100% honest, I hated it. It's rare that I ever work up such negative emotions toward a bike, but this struck me as a marketing gimmick gone awry that could snare unwary buyers.
My vote: pass.
The bike is too expensive for a casual rider, not spec'd well enough for a serious rider. The whole "plug and play" concept of plugging in lots of different accessories in order to make the bike suitable for different purposes means (to me) that the bike sits squarely in the middle of a bunch of different uses, but isn't really great for anything. Also seemed seriously overpriced to me, considering the quality of components on it. And if you're considering for a touring bike for paved roads I don't think you want the weight and complexity of a suspension fork.
Knowing that the bike came from Topeak, I came away with the impression that this is what a bike would look like if designed by an accessory company - it's really just a platform for all the accessories they want to sell you.
There are better touring bikes, for less money.
To be 100% honest, I hated it. It's rare that I ever work up such negative emotions toward a bike, but this struck me as a marketing gimmick gone awry that could snare unwary buyers.
Last edited by BengeBoy; 06-11-09 at 12:37 AM.
