PRODUCT CATALOG - Jamis Bicycles

HARDTAILSHardcore Performance, Right Down to the Bone.Hardtails versus full-suspenders is like chocolate versus vanilla. There’s no wronganswer--you just know what’s right for you. And if you fall into the hardtail campthere’s nothing faster, better, tougher or cooler than a Jamis hardtail. Period.We love hardtails. They reward finesse, a supple pedal stroke and a masterfulracing line. To fly over a trail on a hardtail is to know it, intimately, achieving aZen-like state of oneness that lets you flow with mercurial grace. But how youachieve that magic flow is your own juju, which is why we build so many differenthardtails, so you can choose the one that speaks to your soul.We’re fully committed to hardtail performance, with hardcore offerings incarbon, steel and aluminum, with 26-inch hoops and big 29ers too. It’s not thatwe couldn’t make up our minds about what’s best--we made each of them thebest it could possibly be, leveraging each material’s assets to emphasize itsstrengths, so you’d have the freedom to choose just the right bike, the rightframe, the right equipment level for your trails, your style.Our 29ers are the best of the breed. We just love the way big wheels roll, theway they conquer bumps, the way they grip by putting more rubber on thetrail, they way they flat-out perform. So this year, after tweaking our Reynolds853 and 520 steel Dragons for a lighter, stronger ride, and adding two all-new7005 alloy Exiles, we swung for the fences and developed a carbon fiber ‘niner,the Dakota d29. Featuring the same advanced monocoque construction asour podium-pounding Xeniths, with FEA-optimized high modulus Dyad layup,the d29 is the new benchmark for big-wheeled performanceFor the 26” crowd, we turn up the heat as well, with the brand new DakotadXC carbon fiber platform, already race-proven by Seamus McGrath inthe 2009 season. And we back that up with our legendary, famous-JamisDragon Pro and Comp, and perennial new-rider favorites Durango and Trailseries. All with our race-proven geometry and perfected rider position forpower and authoritative body English to get you down the trail, Right Now.We got into mountain bikes at the beginning, when there really weren’ta lot of component choices, when all the difference came from fit, fromgeometry, from knowing just how to set up a bike’s proportions for climbingtraction, cornering confidence and line-picking agility. And that’s paiddividends as technology has progressed. Now there’s a wealth of choice incomponents and tires. But we were ahead of the game decades ago withour frame design and geometry, and that’s an advantage nobody else cantouch, even now.Just ask our pros. They’ll tell you. A Jamis hardtail is more than a bike.It’s trail-savvy soul.Rider: Seamus McGrathTeam Jamis Professional XCPhoto ©:John Segesta - wahoomedia.com28 29