If you have a Jamis Aurora, please check in here.

[sandra]

Rear rack...because I would have to have black. I'm vain.

[sandra]

I wouldn't mind a silver bag support, but if I put a rack, I think I'd want black.

poof. her message is gone!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I wouldn't mind a silver bag support, but if I put a rack, I think I'd want black.

poof. her message is gone!

Oh, I understand now.

By the way, I saw not one but TWO Jamis Auroras today at Harris Cyclery near Boston!
They sure are purty.

By the way, how is Bull doing? Is that a recent photo of him? If so, he looks great.

[sandra]

I rode mine today. First time. Matter of fact I took ride pictures for the first time ever too. It was a smooth ride! So much better than the Trek.

That's a recent picture of Bull going to be groomed. He was not a happy boy that day. He has been doing great. He's on some new expensive ($60 a month!!) heart medicine and has really been feeling good and sometimes even frisky!

For some reason yesterday he felt poorly. He wouldn't eat or move about. Today he seems to be better. I don't know what his problem was.

Thank you for asking. He is such a sweet boy.

[Blueberry]

Sandra-

I'm so glad he's doing well!!!! And that your new bike it turning out to be just what you had hoped for

CA

[sandra]

Thanks all.

I don't have a carbon seatpost, do I? DO I? No, I don't think so, so the VO bag support might just do the trick.

I think I might like a black rear rack instead though. I wish the Rivendell one came in black!

[Triskeliongirl]

CONGRATS on the new bike! The size looks right from your pics. In fact you look a tad too upright and bunched up to me. Perhaps you should try a normal stem set at saddle height and see how that feels. But do be sure to get the saddle fore-aft set up correctly before you play with the handlebar position.

I just love the tubus racks. They come in many designs ranging from minimalist http://www.wallbike.com/tubus/fly.html
to heavy touring, and both front and back models.

[sandra]

bumping this up because if you have a Jamis Aurora, I'm really curious if you kept the stock seat post.

If not, what did you change to?

[elk]

Jeepers...go off for a month and miss EVERYTHING!!!!

Sandra, I wrote you about seatposts.

My top tube is slanted ---and I like the way yours looks better BTW--for the reasons Knot said, and also because it allows you to use larger tires on a small frame.

Mine is a 48". I am 5'3.5" and have kind of short legs. I couldn't stand over the 50 and the sales person at the co-op thought the 48 would be too small. 48" haunted me. Finally I went to another shop where I happened to catch the attention of one of their fitters who essentially gave me the parameters for a road bike that would fit...and doggone if the 48 wasn't perfect. I went back and bought it. I have not adjusted ANYTHING except the seat height.

P.S. Don't you just LOVE those extra brake handles!!!!?????

BROWN saddle --no question. I bough the brown Brooks tape to go on the handlebars, but haven't been brave enough to out it on yet...

I need to take some photos...but I bought a bag...Acorn? from a guy on ebay...its the bigger one---black with brown leather---and it's beautiful.
Only problem is that it uses genuine buckles instead of snaps...a bit of primitive technology I'm not fond of on bags or dog collars....

I was looking for the thread where someon directed me to a seatpost besides the one wallbike has, or the Salsa....cheaper than both, I think Jensen carries it.. I needed a longer one.

I actually may go riding today for the first time in months....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sandra- some saddles do not attach properly to some seatposts. Are you sure you have the right kind of saddle for your seatpost?
Your problem of the saddle tipping and loosening should not be happening- it does not sound like a 'faulty' seatpost to me, but perhaps you don't have the saddle/seatpost combination that will attach properly. Take it into a good bike shop and they will set you straight I bet.

[sandra]

Maybe so Lisa. I sold the Brooks B67 and bought a B68 just like it (because of the bag issue). I wish I had a really good bike shop because it's too far to run back to NO about the seatpost.

I'll keep working with it or I may try the local one....

[xeney]

The B68 has modern rails so it should work with that seatpost. If I were you I'd take a picture of the setup and post it here, and maybe someone can help you. I'd do that before you spend the money on a new seatpost.

[KnottedYet]

Yeah, show us a picture or two?

My B67 rails start to "pinch in" while still in the flat seatpost attaching bit. If I move my B67 too far back the *slightly* narrower front part of the rails doesn't sit in my seatpost grooves correctly and the saddle is unstable. (it looks for all the world like I have another 1 or 2 cm of front rail to use, but that bit is not compatible with my particular seatpost.) Maybe your saddle rails and seatpost have the same somewhat tempestuous relationship as mine?

[sandra]

OK, todays update. We worked on it again. The first thing we did was see if the seat would move.... and it did. It moved forward. So, while the bolt appears to be tight the seat would move, that tells me that it was not clamped in good.

I think the problem was exactly what Knotted described. There is a little curve in the front part of the seatpost rails and I think possibly it was in that position and keeping it from being secure.

I decided it was a little too low so I raised it up. I rode it around the neighborhood and it appears to be just fine. Thanks for all the help. I hope this does the trick.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I decided it was a little too low so I raised it up. I rode it around the neighborhood and it appears to be just fine. Thanks for all the help. I hope this does the trick.

Yay! Sandra the Wrench.