Jamis Aurora - all steel

[Selkie]

I'm a steel girl as well. Carbon frames scare me (probably an unfounded fear, but one to which I admit, nonetheless). My Bianchi and Luna Eclipse are both steel and my yet-to-arrive Luna Orbit likewise is steel.

How heavy is the Jamis?

[KnottedYet]

BMo3 - I love the Kona Dew for little trips (under 30 or so miles) for buzzing around town and commuting to work. On longer trips the jolts from the stiff aluminum frame are driving me nuts and the upright bars are torturing my hands. Nothing wrong with the Kona, mind you, just it doesn't match the use I'm trying to put it to.

MC - dunno the exact weight of the Jamis Aurora, but it was about the same as my Kona. Surprisingly light, actually. My next bike will be a loaded tourer, so I'm not terribly perturbed about weight; but the Jamis was light!

SP - I looked at the Randonee. Gotta love it when you tell the clerk at REI you'd like to see a Randonee but don't see one on the floor, and he searches through the computer and asks another clerk and then tells you they don't carry that brand!!!!! Hello? It's an REI bike! I did find one to look at. This year's style has a paint scheme "borrowed" from the Jamis line and gigantic tubes to make it look like the aluminum of the other Novara bikes. And I do mean silly huge diameter tubes!

Since I really can't be buying a bike right now (oh I hate to admit that!) I can wait until the 2007's in all the bikes I desire come out.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - I love the Kona Dew for little trips (under 30 or so miles) for buzzing around town and commuting to work. On longer trips the jolts from the stiff aluminum frame are driving me nuts and the upright bars are torturing my hands. Nothing wrong with the Kona, mind you, just it doesn't match the use I'm trying to put it to.


Since I really can't be buying a bike right now (oh I hate to admit that!) I can wait until the 2007's in all the bikes I desire come out.

I was looking at the Kona Dew. I want a bike that will allow me to go on long rides, hills, touring, but not at too slow a pace. I am looking for a bike that will last a very, very, very long time. Did I make any sense? So, I really value input about the Kona Dew (This model because it was a reasonable price), because for me to try one oput it is a l-o-n-g drive and if it will not fit my needs or I will outgrow it, it is not worth my time or my money (which is preciously low right now-3 teens are expensive-yet worth it).
I am open to any and all suggestions. I just cannot put over $1,000 into a bike right now-I wish I could, but I cannot.