First ride on the Jamis!

[Catrin]

in goat husbandry lingo girl goats are actually called does.
congrats on the ride. what's up with the swollen hands??????

This is good to know, I read the wrong information this morning then...."Squishy Doe Bike" vs "Squishy Ewe Bike"...time will tell.

My hands always get swollen on the bike, though not so much on my other bikes because I've such an upright position that there really isn't any weight on my hands at all. Of course after 3 or more hours on the bike they are just going to be swollen - but not to any extreme - enough to make it difficult to get the gloves off and the glove seams do leave a mark for a little time.

My position on the Jamis is still upright of course, but not as much as I am accustomed to. My fitter (who is also a mountain biker) doesn't want to move to another stem + steeper riser bar on this bike too quickly - he is concerned if we take too much weight off the front wheel that my steering will get a bit sketchy on the trail. We will, of course, do what we need to do.

Though my hands were as swollen after that 55 minute ride as they usually are for a 3-4 hour ride, I didn't have any pain and shifting the SRAM triggers were not a problem for my thumbs. I think the swelling is from being in a less upright position and my hands just are not accustomed to it.

Obviously we are going to have to tweak the fit - and we are hoping it actually isn't too small for me, but time will tell. The fit is guaranteed so it won't be a problem if it does turn out that way.

[malkin]

I've been out of town 10 days, and you have ANOTHER new bike?!

[Roadtrip]

I've been out of town 10 days, and you have ANOTHER new bike?!

Goats travel in herds

[Biciclista]

Goats travel in herds

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Velocivixen]

@Catrin, not to go too far astray, but how do you use your Surly LHT? Do you actually tour with it or just as a general commuter bike or ???

[Catrin]

I've been out of town 10 days, and you have ANOTHER new bike?!

Goats travel in herds

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

heheheh, yep Malkin. The Jamas Dakar just turned her sad lonely eyes on me on the computer monitor and sent begging vibes that she really wanted to be MY mountain goat. How was I supposed to resist such a plea, and this way I get to take a bike I am already familiar with to the women's mountain bike clinic

@Catrin, not to go too far astray, but how do you use your Surly LHT? Do you actually tour with it or just as a general commuter bike or ???

I've yet to go on a tour, though hope to go on a 3 day light tour of the GAP in September. For about a year my LHT was my only bike and I used her for everything. Now that my stable has, ummmm, expanded, the LHT won't be ridden so often. She won't go on club rides or anything, but she will still get to share my country roads with the Gunnar, my commuter if I do that, and certainly will be my winter and trainer bike.