With Tange Prestige tubing that is pain-stakingly fillet-welded, then plated, then hand polished. With the upright rising position of a mountain bike, but the smooth-rolling performance of a skinny-tired 700c road bike, these bikes make riding more fun and more comfortably accessible for the in-town rider.ġ993 The Dragon is hatched. ![]() With proportionate component sizing, sliding frame angles and fork rake predicated upon the work of Bill Farrell and the New England Cycling Academy, Jamis re-defines how a production road bike needs to fit and steer.ġ991 Coda and Tangier roll off the line. Yes, the fillet brazing of the original Dakar was indeed exquisite, but these bikes are being raced and the racers are begging for lighter bikes.ġ988 The Eclipse and Quest road bikes are introduced. In many respects, the 1985 Dakar crystallizes much of the Jamis design credo that guides our work today – no gimmicks, no gadgets, no nonsense, no compromise just pure, polished performance and genuine craftsmanship.ġ987 Dakar and Dakar Sport feature lugged Tange Prestige frames. A custom-built, fillet-brazed (triple-butted Ishiwata tubing), ready-to-race-out-of-the-box mountain bike that turns a lot of heads. By today’s double-disc’ed, dual-suspended standards these mountain bikes are nearly laughable, but they are truly remarkable for their time, and are among the few quality production mountain bikes available.ġ985 The first Dakar is delivered. A pre-mountain bike if you will….a hybrid between the Floridian Boss Cruiser and those funky, fat-tired, multi-speed bikes them hippies are riding out in Marin County.ġ983 Dakota, Lightfoot and Roughneck are conceived. Complete with Barcolounger-sized Cheeks saddle and drink-and-ride Cooly Cup.ġ981 The (Boss) Explorer morphs from the Boss Cruiser. ![]() A double-diamond-framed yang to the curvaceous Earth Cruiser’s yin. A re-designed & re-engineered no-longer-classic-now-revolutionary cantilever cruiser that mixes equal parts fun & fashion and spurs the whole beach cruiser movement.ġ980 Boss Cruiser is born. Experience it yourself, on a Jamis.ġ979 Jamis introduces the Earth Cruiser. When people ride bikes, good things happen. And that’s why we’re so committed to building the best bikes possible. But that’s how powerful a bicycle can be. We’re in this to build better lives, to make YOU better. ![]() It’s why we devote precious R & D resources to making even our kids bikes and cruisers as light and easy to ride as possible.īut we’re at this not just to build better bikes. It’s why our computers are humming day and night crunching FEA data and carbon fiber lay-up simulations. It’s why we build category-defining superbikes that put professionals atop podiums at road races and mountain bike events. It’s that passion for cycling and everything cycling can do that fuels and sustains our efforts to build the best possible bikes. That’s why we want to make cycling converts out of everyone, and that’s why there’s a Jamis for nearly every cycling arena, for almost any rider. We know because cycling forever changed our lives, and we’ve seen it change the lives of so many others. A bike is one of the world’s most powerful instruments for change. For individuals (exercise!) as well as for the environment (reduced carbon footprint). The bicycle is a marvelous invention, with an impact that is almost completely, one hundred percent positive. For us, passionate cyclists who strive daily to deliver products that get people of all ages, abilities and aspirations to love bikes and biking just as much as we do, it doesn’t get any better than that. Everyday people–folks who haven’t been on a bicycle in years, if not decades–have suddenly rediscovered the thrill of cycling. ![]() But all of a sudden bicycles are a Very Big Deal. Or praise public awareness of green issues and the value of low-impact lifestyles. Make an impact.Blame it on the economy and the accompanying back to basics mentality.
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