Schools are closed for Midwinter Recess and that means this blog is too. However, since 2024 is The Year Of Paring Down, I am taking advantage of the downtime to inventory and assess my velocipedal holdings as they currently stand. So between Monday and Friday I will make a thorough accounting of all my bicycles, not including the ones belonging to other members of my immediate family, or parts and frames stuffed deep in a storage unit, which is to say it won’t be very thorough at all. Nevertheless, it will be a more or less complete picture of all fully-assembled bicycles currently owned, operated, and regularly ridden by me. This will allow me to determine whether or not I need to continue divesting or acquiring as the case may be, and is entirely for my own edification. So while you’re welcome to read and comment don’t expect to be entertained, though honestly you shouldn’t be expecting that anyway.
See you back here Monday, February 26th.
I Love You,
–Tan Tenovo
Jones LWB
Use: “Mountain biking” (whatever that means), trail rides, mixed-terrain rides, snow rides…
Wadrobe: Regular clothes or bikey clothes
Miscellaneous notes: No bike I have is as simultaneously comfortable and capable as the Jones. If I wanted to I could even add racks and fenders and make the Jones as practical for around-town riding as the Platypus–though again, fortunately I don’t have to make that decision and can have both. The Jones is the bike I choose if I want to be able to ride on any type of terrain without limitation, and because of the upright position I don’t feel like I need to get dressed up in special clothes in order to ride it, which is why I take it on vacation with me. (I’ve ridden the Jones in bike clothes with clipless pedals, and I’ve ridden it in jorts with flat pedals and sandals, and both approaches suit it equally well.) While I used to have multiple “mountain bikes” (whatever that means) I’ve come to realize the Jones is the only one I need, since I can ride it on any type of trail, and yet I don’t need to be on a trail in order to enjoy it, because it feels good as soon as I roll it out the front door. It also makes good use of modern stuff like tubeless tires, disc brakes, and single-ring wide-range clutch drivetrains whilst remaining a fundamentally simple bicycle thanks to the fully rigid frame.