Kona Jake

Tusher
Tusher Posts: 2,762
edited January 2011 in Tour & expedition
I'm seriously considering buying a Kona Jake. It'll be used for touring, (including a planned Lejog next year) and daily commuting. The commute is fairly straightforward, but our touring can involve rougher roads/tracks and ferries.

Any advice welcome.

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  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    Tusher wrote:
    I'm seriously considering buying a Kona Jake. It'll be used for touring, (including a planned Lejog next year) and daily commuting. The commute is fairly straightforward, but our touring can involve rougher roads/tracks and ferries.

    Any advice welcome.

    Wouldn't a Kona Sutra be more suitable as it is a touring bike with racks for panniers and disc brakes? The Jake is a cyclo cross bike, fine if that's what you want to do with it otherwise you are just falling for the marketing hype. The Sutra would be far better for LeJog and touring as well as commuting.

    http://road.cc/content/review/24541-kona-sutra

    http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kon ... query=Kona jake
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Thanks dilemna. The Sutra looks fantastic, has great reviews, but is just outside my price range, although I'm still considering it.

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