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So yeah, my best friend was on shore leave from the merchant navy, and got himself a pretty sweet full sus 27.5+ MTB.
Which mean he gave me his claptrap Jamis Dragon 29ers for free, after a couple hours putting it together, it's now just about functioning with a 36t N/W chainring, a 11-32t 8 speed cassette, and a cheapo Sunrace 8 speed thumb shifters.
Took it out to Swinley, was fun, geometry is quite old school with a steep head angle, 110mm stem and narrow bar (now fitted with wide bar from his new bike), however the great thing about this Jamis is that it's not too heavy, good old butted steel and it's being steel mean the chainstay/seat stay are not curved.
After measuring the chainstay, it transpired I can fit a 27.5 wheel with 2.8" tyres, big bonus this mean that a 27.5+ plus rigid bike is doable.
Did I says it's free?
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