Steel Road Bikes

[roguedog]

I'm with ya pooks. I rarely like anything WSD.. shoes, sneaks, bikes, whatever.

Wow.. there aren't many dealers out your way...

Name Dallas Bike Works
Address 6780 Abrams Road #107
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone (214) 341-8921
Distance 3.0 miles

Name Debo Cycle Sports
Address 4400 South Matlock Road
Arlington, TX 76018
Phone (817) 557-3326
E-mail debocyclesports@sbcglobal.net
Distance 27.1 miles

Name Bike-O-Rama
Address 530 South Locust
Denton, TX 76201
Phone (940) 380-0099
E-mail bikeoramatz@gmail.com
Distance 35.6 miles

[7rider]

I keep replying to myself, but man, it chaps me that the WSD model of the Quest isn't the pretty copper color:

http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/bikes/...es/questw.html

In general, I'm rarely fond of the colors used on WSD bikes. I'm not into pastels.

Fingers crossed that I don't need one.

Wassa matta, Pooks?
Don't like the Easter egg look?

[pooks]

I'm with ya pooks. I rarely like anything WSD.. shoes, sneaks, bikes, whatever.

Wow.. there aren't many dealers out your way...

Name Dallas Bike Works
Address 6780 Abrams Road #107
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone (214) 341-8921
Distance 3.0 miles

Name Debo Cycle Sports
Address 4400 South Matlock Road
Arlington, TX 76018
Phone (817) 557-3326
E-mail debocyclesports@sbcglobal.net
Distance 27.1 miles

Name Bike-O-Rama
Address 530 South Locust
Denton, TX 76201
Phone (940) 380-0099
E-mail bikeoramatz@gmail.com
Distance 35.6 miles

Yep. I checked with them all, and none of them carry the Aurora. The Dallas location is closest so I'll try them first and see if we can work out a way for me to test it, and I'll also contact Jamis directly.

And Regina, no Easter eggs, thank you!

[mimitabby]

That quest is celeste, the Bianchi color!

[KnottedYet]

On my computer it looks kinda robin's egg blue.

(I like the color of the Aurora. I didn't regret the lack of WSD with the Aurora. Love that slack cyclocross/touring geometry!)

I hope you can find a Jamis dealer with an Aurora in your size for you to try. We have 2 Jamis dealers with Auroras within a bike ride of my house... c'mon over!

[mimitabby]

Hey, that's a great idea! Pooks, come to Seattle to go bike shopping! I have a spare room you can stay in and so does Knot (this month!)
we have bike shops coming out of our ears!

[indysteel]

That quest is celeste, the Bianchi color!

I'm not a big fan of "girly" colors for a bike, but I love the color of my Bianchi. She's painted "bleached celeste," which is technically a "pastel." She's never struck me as being overly feminine however. The black and white decals and black bar tape help.

I actually like the color scheme of the Jamis WSD Quest. Of course, it's all about what appeals to Pooks....

Speaking of Bianchi, have you checked out Bianchi's steel line? The Eros and Eros Donna might work for you.

[pooks]

I'm pretty sure this is heresy but --

I don't care for the Bianchi celeste.

There now. I said it. (I do kind of like it on the one bike that they have kitted out with red tires and red accents, though.)

I would LOVE to come to Seattle. It's a place I've always wanted to visit. In fact, it's on our list of "possible places to retire," though I'm not sure how serious my husband is about that. But he's mentioned it before!

I love the Aurora. I will get a chance to ride it before I buy any other bike. I need to go back to that site and see if they have any dealers in Austin.

Road trip!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Road trip!

GO FOR IT!

[spokewench]

Jamis is a great bike. Where's Knot? She can talk a blue streak about them.

And I'm not so sure aluminum is that much lighter; because you have to use more aluminum to make the same strength as steel.

As they say; steel is real.


ps I like the red one WAY better, but I know you like yellow

In general Aluminum is lighter than steel. The tubes are oversized yes, but it is possible to butt (sp?) the material in the tubes and the material thickness is less than is required for a steel bike for the same strength; so in general an aluminum bike is lighter. I have an aluminum Klein hard tail mountain bike (made up there by you Mimi (or used to be)) and mine was made by Klein before they sold out. With mountain bike tires, it is lighter than most steel road frames!

[indysteel]

I'm pretty sure this is heresy but --

I don't care for the Bianchi celeste.

LOL. Pooks, the funny thing is, either do I, at least not the most "common" version of it. It reminds me of hospital scrubs. Thankfully, I like the bleached celeste though. IMO, it's a kinder, gentler version of the celeste that's used on the men's bike.

[pooks]

I like rich colors, not pastels. However, if I got a Bianchi, I might want the celeste just to feel authentic.

[mimitabby]

Pooks, I understand where you're coming from. My bianchi is not Celeste, and I think it does not look like a Bianchi to some because of it. you can spot a Celeste bianchi coming down the trail from a long ways. With my bike, the colors could be just about anything.
As I ride down the road sometimes when I see the Celeste colors I will greet the other riders "Hey Bianchi's!" I couldn't do that with those colored like my own, but that Bianchi Volpe with it's army green is another you can't mistake for another.

[SouthernBelle]

I like rich colors, not pastels. However, if I got a Bianchi, I might want the celeste just to feel authentic.

Have you seen the black and celeste Bianchi in Bicycling's buyer's guide. About equal amounts of each color, maybe even a little more black. It's beautemous.

[xeney]

My husband just got a brand new Vigorelli frame -- this one. It is so pretty that I can't stand it. He doesn't really like the color -- he'd rather have celeste -- but this was such a great deal that he grabbed it anyway. It is too big for me or I'd trade him for my celeste Veloce.

But I think celeste is prettier in person than in pictures. In person the pearlescent paint is pretty awesome ... in pictures it just looks like a flat aqua color.