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BUY
IT IF |
FORGET IT IF |
| Hands-off stability. Cushy tires. Upright posture. | You think you might want to try cyclocross, want a comfortable road bike without resorting to suspension, or just want a tough bike for commuting and fire-roading on. | You don't understand the peculiar joys of flying dismounts and carrying your bike over your shoulder through the mud. |
JAMIS NOVA
PROFILE
A
cyclocross-inspired, do-anything road bike.
BEST
THINGS ABOUT THIS BIKE
Aggressively priced and versatile.
Commute on it, race cyclocross on it, take it on a loaded tour--this bike's
ready for it all. We'd mount up fenders and use it all winter long for
slushy rides, saving the "good" bike for the sunny season.
BRAGGING
RIGHTS
A full compliment of rack and
fender braze-ons, including low-rider front rack mounts, and a pump peg
for carrying a full sized pump. Ritchey flip-flop stem gives more sizing
adjustment. Powerful Avid cantilevers give tons of stopping power. New
Tiagra group from Shimano looks decently finished and works extremely
well. Impeccable handling with stability that makes threading your way
through a tricky section of singletrack a near cakewalk.
THINGS
WE'D WISH FOR
This is a do-anything bike,
but pavement devotees might wish for more asphalt-biased tires than the
knobby SpeedMaxes (which don't like to corner hard on pavement). Touring
fans might want a triple chainring for hauling loads uphill, rather than
the 39x25 low gear. Barrel adjusters would make brake setup a lot simpler.
THINGS
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BIKE
Size it a little small, the
same way you would a cyclocross bike--the rise stem makes the bike fit
a bit on the large side.
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