2011 - Jamis Bicycles

freedom, far afield & close to homePhotos ©: John Segesta/wahoomedia.comCycling is one of freedom’s most apt metaphors, a two-wheeled personification of the word itself. And our touring and fixed gear bikes are thebest examples of freedom’s different meanings. Throw a leg over a touring bike, set out on the road as a self-contained traveler, self-powered,self-reliant, and self-assured, and you’re truly free, completely unfettered and unrestrained. Bicycle touring is a fabulous sort of freedom, and it’sthe inspiration behind our Aurora Elite, Aurora and Bosanova platforms. These are bikes you can load up and travel with, bikes that can get youacross the continent, take you across the country, or across town.We’ve been building touring bikes for nearly two decades, and we know how to do it right, with geometry that’s stable under a full load, yetnimble enough to dodge potholes and debris. You get a riding position that tucks you out of the wind, but comfortably so, for all-day rides andsee-over-traffic perspective on short hops and crosstown adventures. And we kit them out with broad-range gearing that gives you the grunt toget your load over the hills, and enough top gear for Rocky Mountain-style lengthy descents.On the other end of freedom’s spectrum are the stripped-for-speed Sputnik and Beatnik, bicycles free from clutter and the extraneous. This iscycling boiled down to its essence—a rider and bicycle, connected, as a singular entity.A Jamis fixie represents a different kind of freedom—freedom from choice. This is transportation in its purest form, 100% removed from extras anddistraction.Our fixies aren’t repurposed racers or high-tech, wildly expensive boutique bikes built for showoffs, but hard-edged machines built to tackle themean streets of our native New Jersey, with the handling to take on San Francisco’s storied climbs and descents and the ruggedness to withstandthe most demanding commute in Anytown, USA. If those other bikes are pampered, groomed show dogs, ours are streetwise and savvy, like themutt that knows every street and shortcut. These are bikes that live to be ridden hard, u-locked most anywhere, and ridden hard again and again.Steel chassis give our fixies the edge on ride quality, taking the sting out of bad roads and pavement seams. And because we know the road’s anunpredictable, unforgiving place full of bad street grates and suddenly opened car doors, we spec them with dual-pivot brakes with some of thestealthiest, low-profile mounting this side of a DARPA camouflage project. So you can keep your style points while enjoying the security of fullblownstopping power.Cycling is freedom. Celebrate daily, with two-wheeled abandon.68 69