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WHISTLER, BC - PUTTING HIS NEW PARKER THROUGH ITS PACES<br />
JAMIS FACTORY SLOPESTYLE, FREERIDE, PARK/STREET, DIRT JUMP<br />
INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOY<br />
JORDIE LUNN<br />
It’s about trust.<br />
Nothing thrills like a downhill. With the right bike you can really let loose,<br />
harnessing gravity to propel you at trail-blurring velocities, soaking up big<br />
hits and smoothing over stutters as if they were never there.<br />
We spend days at the computer, dreaming about rock gardens, drop-offs,<br />
off-camber nasties and big hits. We calculate how to keep the tires planted, how<br />
to create bombproof platforms that will soak up terrain like a motocrosser, how<br />
to make them light, how to make them last. And then we test them, underneath<br />
downhill pros like Kathy Pruit and Tommy “T” Tokarczyk, or in the hands of dirt<br />
jumper Jordie Lunn and trials superstar Mike Steidley, riders who spend as much time<br />
punishing our bikes as we spend designing them. Then we listen to what they say,<br />
rehash what we have and make it better still.<br />
None of that matters to you, really. What you care about is confidence. It’s knowing you<br />
can slingshot a <strong>Jamis</strong> through a rock garden, feeling the Gs build, and trust the tires to stay<br />
planted so you can ride in control with a smile on your face as you fly just a hair’s breadth<br />
away from the white-knuckle edge. Yeah, it’s like that.<br />
Jump into it hard with our new big-hit Dakar BAM. This is the bike to ride off anything. Or over<br />
it. Huge hit capability and a near-perfect balance of high-speed stability that lets you ramp into<br />
it fast with precision and low-speed maneuverability to negotiate ladder bridges, log crossings<br />
and obstacles made by man and nature alike. With 7 inches of mp3 bump-devouring travel, hugely<br />
oversize 12 and 20mm thru axles and Avid hydraulic discs that will put you in charge of the entire<br />
mountain, the BAM is ready for anything this side of the apocalypse.<br />
Or go all-mountain with the Dakar XAM series, 6-inch-travel bikes you can trail-ride uphill and unleash<br />
downhill. Insanely fast. Our proven mp3 multi-link swingarm design’s oversize bearings and stout<br />
structure provide rail-true tracking and supple movement over big hits and subtle bumps alike, for the<br />
most versatile ride you’ll find on any trail anywhere.<br />
Then there’s the Parker. If you want to flow, carve berms, gap jumps and nail wall rides, forget the energy suck<br />
of your long travel freeride bike. Parker is the only ride you’re gonna need. We took our proven Dakar XLT frame<br />
platform, beefed up the pivots, shock hardware and bell crank, sloped the front triangle, reined in the rear travel a<br />
bit and bolted on forks with a huge range of travel options. The result is a ride you can use for gate racing, jumping,<br />
slope style riding, or all day trail riding..<br />
GRAVITY<br />
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