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WOW!

2009-11-13T12:29:00.000-08:00

WOW! I have seriously not paid any attention to my blog. Hmmmm.....Possibly a new years resolution??

2009 Jamis Sneek Peek

2008-08-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

Jamis' 2009 Product Intro photos.

Here are a few pic of what Jamis has to offer for 2009. My camera is not the greatest but this gives you an idea of what the new stuff looks like.

First up is the revised Commuter 4.0. New for 09, Dynamo front hub with light, rear rack and new saddle and graphics.

Here's a closer look at the new graphic and matched fenders.

Nice colorways for the new Commuter 3.0.

Commuter 3.0 Femme

Allegro 1.0 and 2.0 colorways.

Revised Aurora for 2009!!

New SST (Size Specific Tubing) New Lugged fork!! New Colorway!! (This bike looks so much better in 3D!!)

2009 Coda
Upgraded drivetrain, NVO adjustable stem and double wall rims!

2009 Nova Pro
New top tube profile for more comfortable portaging! Sweet new colorway. New eyelets on rear dropouts for greater utility!!

2009 Satellite Femme
One of the best looking bikes in the line!(IMO)

2009 Sputnik
Front and rear brakes, flip flop hub with fixed cog and freewheel stock!

2009 Sonik
The 2008 Sonik was a hit! We could have left well enough alone but, why do that! New seat tube provides 38% greater stiffness at the BB!

Great new colorway for Ventura Race!

2009 Xenith Team

1-1/8" to 1.5" Head tube! & BB30!! Oh, lets not forget about new Dura-Ace!!

2009 Xenith T2
Now available in a XS w/ 650c wheels!! Revised down tube for greater aerodynamics, SRAM RED, ZIPP 808/404(650c) Wheels, Zipp Vuka bars w/ integrated levers! Tri-Stryke Elite saddle w/Ti rails, Revised rear brake mounting!

Let's look at some MTB's!

2009 Trail X3

2009 Dakar XC

New for 2009 Durango 29!!

Dragon Pro
Sweet colorway!!

NEW!! 2009 Dakar XCT 3.0!
Trail, XC, Marathon, 5" dually!!

2009 Parker 1
New frame geo w/lower seat tube,New CNC'ed hardware! fork and stem are light blue. They look white in the pic.

2009 XAM 1

New 1 piece bell crank(link), CNC'ed pivot hardware, Marzocchi TST 2, Fox DHX 4.0, Syncros bar, stem, seat post, Kenda Nevegal's, Hayes Stroker brakes, Sweet Flesh colorway!!
Oh, wait until you see the XAM 2!!!

YES!!!! BAM 2 DH!

2009 XCR Team
A factory race machine out of the box!!
Full carbon frame including carbon seat and chain stays, oh the dropouts are carbon as well! New Carbon bell crank(linkage), new SID Race World Cup, FSA K-Force Lite double-chainring 44/29, New 10mm shock eyelet hardware!!

That's it for now!! There are plenty of new treat's I can't show/post until after I meet with all of you (our dealers) / after Interbike.

Plus I don't want to spoil all of the surprises for you.

Rob

2008 Xenith SL Review

2008-05-17T06:28:00.000-07:00

Hey, check out this review of the 2008 Jamis Xenith SL from www.cyclingnews.com : Xenith SL Review

Top 10 Metal Album's

2007-09-12T18:39:00.000-07:00

Hey, Roy (my brother) and I wanted to post our top 10 metal albums. Basically, these artists have crated the soundtrack of our lives! At first we thought it would take just a few moments to put togeather but in reality, it was a daunting task. Anyway, here we go!

Roy's top 10:

1.Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock & Roll

2.AC/DC- Back in Black

3.Judas Priest- Painkiller

4.Metallica- Ride the Lightning

5.Motorhead- Ace of Spades

6.Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power

7.Arch Enemy- Doomsday Machine

8.White Zombie- La Sexorcisto Devil Misic Vol 1

9.Slayer- South of Heaven

10.Six Feet Under- 13

Rob's Top 10:

1.Metallica- Master of Puppets

2.Slayer- Reign In Blood

3.Megadeth- Rust In Peace

4.Death- The Sound of Perceverence

5.Black Sabbath- Live Evil

6.Judas Priest- Unleashed In The East

7.Testament- The Legacy

8.Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime

9.Nevermore- Politics of Ecstasy

10.Mastodon- Blood Mountain

I have to throw in a few honorable mentions.

Over Kill - The Years of Decay and Horrorscope

Metallica - Kill 'EM ALL and Ride The Lightning

Rush - Snakes and Arrows and Different Stages(live) Note* I don't classify Rush as metal. I classify them as a great F'in band.

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

Venom - Black Metal

Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengance and Painkiller

Megadeth - Peace Sells....But who's Buying and Killing is my Buisiness and... Business is Good!

AC/DC - Back in Black and For Those About To Rock

Death - Leprosy and Spiritual Healing

Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry and Pyromainia (These album's got me into rock n roll)

And that's my top 10 Honorable Mentions.

Rock ON!!

MX 338 - Southwick ACR Motocross

2007-08-19T15:20:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to my brother Roy Vander Veur #3W for a great showing at round 7 ACR Motoctoss at the lengendary MX338 Southwick, MA.

"Track was good but very rough , pictures do not show the washboards that are everywhere knee to near waist deep whoops are not."

Note to self; More time in the gym would pay hugh dividends for this track.

250/Open 6-10 for 8th OA
125 GP 2-2 for 2nd OA

Going into the Southwick round Roy currently sits in 1st place 125 GP / 3rd Place Vintage 80"s Open Expert.

Next stop Englishtown NJ on 9-1

Learn more about ACR MX here: ACR MX

Here are some Pic's

2008 Jamis Preview

2007-08-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

I'm extreemly excited to share some of these pictures with you. Here are some of the new bikes Jamis has to offer for 2008. These are the product of two to three years of hard work by our product team. I know some of you have already seen prototypes of these bikes being ridden in the trails and roads of New Jersey. Well, here is the finished product. Enjoy.
Rob

To start - 12.9 lbs of 700c fury.

Xenith SL - NEW Omniad lay up, M40HM/1K weave - Size Specific Tubes - SRAM RED - ZIPP 404 - 880 gram frame: painted with hardware 56cm

Xenith Team - NEW Omniad lay up, M40HM/1K weave - Size Specific Tubes - Dura Ace - FSA K-Force - Ksyrium ES

Xenith Comp Femme Dyad lay up, T700HM front triangle/M30HM rear triangle w/12K weave - Size Specific Tubes - 105 10 speed - Femme Geo

Xenith T2 Omniad layup, M40HM - NACA Areo tube profiles (cuts like a knife) - Zipp's - Internally routed cables - Sheilded Front & Rear Brakes!!!

Quest - New Sloping Top Tube - Reynolds 631 seamless, air hardened tubes - Size Specific Tubes - Full Carbon Fork - Shimano 105 Can I hear you say "Famous Jamis"

Ventura Elite - Tripple Butted Front Triangle/Size Specific Tubes/Carbon Seat Stay - Full Carbon Fork - Ultegra

Super Nova - Tripple Butted/Carbon Stays - Easton EC90X - SRAM Rival - 18lbs!!! SWEET!!

Dakar XCR Team - T700HM/12K Weave - 10mm Hardware Througout - Full XTR - Cross Max SL's - Reba World Cup - This Bike is SICK!!! I want two!!!

Parker II - Stout 7005 butted frame w/10mm hardware throughout - Lyric - Stroker Brakes - This bike can do it all. Hit the Park, Urban Assult, Trail Ride, Dirt Jump, you get the picture. Super Fun!!

Dakar XAM 2 - Kinesium Butted Tubes(stronger than 7005) - 6" of All Mountain/Aggressive All Mountain travel - 10mm Hardware Throughout - Fox DHX 5.0 - Fox36

Dakar BAM 2.0 Built to suffer! 180mm of confidence(travel) - Free Ride/Light DH Race - Kinesium Butted Tubes(stronger than 7005) - 10mm Hardware Throughout - Totem - Fox DHX 5.0 Coil.

It's Here!!

Dragon 29'er - Reynolds Seamless/Air Hardened 853 pipes - Reba Race - New XT - Sweet!!

Dakota Elite - Tripple Butted Kinesium/Carbon Stay - LXT - Fox 32 RLC

YES! KROMO!!! It speaks for it's self!!

Durango 1.0 for the ladies

New Komodo 2.0 - Here comes the pain! -

Ready to Rip it up for under $500

Trail X3

Hopefully these pics will keep you satisfied for a while.
RVV

Motocross - Thanks RC! Hello Racing!

2007-08-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

Thanks to The GOAT (Gratest of all Time) for the memories. Now we can enjoy some racing action without RC or Bubba decimating the field.

So four men are within 19 points of this championship: Tim Ferry and Andrew Short, Grant Langston and Mike Alessi. Twenty-one points back is James Stewart, still a question mark after his Washougal knee injury. How’s it all going to turn out? I have my hunches, but I am going to sit back with everyone else and just enjoy what’s turned into a thrilling championship run that could still go any one of six different ways.

This season is shaping up to be the best ever!!! If you are not into moto, right now is the time to check it out. Great Action!!

2007 Sea Otter

2007-04-23T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm back from Sea Otter. What a great time! The weather was a bit chilly and windy. Saturday it rained sideways but, all in all it was a great time at Team Jamis.
I was happy to meet the new Jamis crew of Allen Obey, Tommy T, Cathy Pruitt, Jordie Lunn, The Motion Based/Garmin/Jamis Team of Olivier Bock, Shane Deal, Kenny Burt, and Dave Yakaitis. Everyone was super nice and very approachable. If you ever run across any of these athletes you should definitely say hi.

We had a new addition to Team Jamis for the Sea Otter Classic. 17 year old Ryan Phinny. Ryan may not be a household name in the bicycle world but he sure is making his mark in car racing. Ryan's a great guy with his feet firmly planted on the ground with a need for speed. Learn more about Ryan at the Ryan Phinny Motorsports web site.

Here are some pic's of Team Jamis.

Here is a sweet pic of Tommy T's one off Diablo 2.0

Skippy and Cathy

Alan "Obi-Wan" Obey: Pro XC.... SWEET!!!!

Tommy "Mini Hulk" Tokarczyk Pro DH/Slalom

Cathy Pruitt's XAM 2.0 5th Place Pro DH. Sweet!!

Here's another shot of Cathy's XAM 2.0 and her XC Pro Slalom Bike.

One of the Joselyn's boy's doing it right. As Allen Obey would say...SWEET!

Carine and Cathy. Sweet Metal!!!

Olivier Bock and Shane Deal of the Motion Based/Garmin/Jamis Team. Check out there site: Team Motion Based

Off To Sea Otter.....

2007-04-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Yes, It's been a while since my last post.
Well... I'm off to the Sea Otter Cycling Classic in beautiful Monterey, California. Should be a great week. No signs of rain and the forecast is calling for high 50's low 60's so should be a great week. I'll post some pics shortly.
See You soon, Rob

Who said Metal is Dead!?

2006-12-26T20:59:00.000-08:00

Hey, I just picked up some fresh tunes.

Mastodon: Blood Mountain and Trivium: The Crusade. It's nice to know there is still some great metal being put out there today.

Mastodon's Blood Mountain is my first taste of the mighty Mastodon. Rich, Thick, Heavy tones with a slightly vintage sound and a kick ass drummer. Immedately I found my self immersed in the music. I have not taken a look at the lyrics yet but I've always grooved on the tunes more than the message.
These guys like to rip it up with some aggressive riffs and then take a chill with some "stoner metal" type of tangents. Definately diverse and cool. After listening to Blood Mountain I immediately went out with new gift card in hand to find there prior release Leviathan. I did'nt find it today so hopefully tomorrow.

Check them out at Mastodon

Trivium: The Crusade is progressive metal at it's finest. Definately a clean crisp production with wicked guitar licks and screaming solo's. Definately a technical guitar players type of album. Vocals are edgy with some great melodies thrown in. These guys are sick musicians. Again, I have not read the lyrics yet. I'm sure they'll get there point across. Trivium reminds me of Megadeth, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater all thrown into a blender, which is a good thing. The Crusade offers a crisp, punchy, melodic, type of feel. Oh, yes, aggressive. Great stuff.
All in all, two great cd's worth the whatever I paid for them. $15 buck each or something like that.

Check Trivium out Trivium

One thing I forgot to mention. After checking out there web sites it's clear to me both of these bands live for playing live. I've heard they put on a great live show so check them out. I know I will.
Rob

Happy Holidays 2006

2006-12-26T20:22:00.000-08:00

Hey, Happly Holidays to you. Yes, I do mean you!
I'll freshen up this blog shortly.
Best, Rob

Schweet New Computer

2006-09-11T17:26:00.000-07:00

Well, I just turned 35 and my wonderfull wife Stephanie wanted to treat me to something great. Well, honestly, I can't complain about anything. I love my job, my wife and my life so when she asked what I wanted it was not an easy decision. But I have been feeling I wanted to start to catalog my pictures and music and just life in general so I thought. A computer. I've been having troubles with my current PC's and I gave my trusty iMac to my parents so.. A new iMac it is. Bran spanking new iMac 17" monitor, 2 mgz Intel Core Duo, 160 Gig HD and all of the bells and whistles. Man the display is great! And this think is easy as poop to use! And yes, it has inspired me to write this blog. Well, I'm stoked!
Later, Rob

My First Blog

2006-09-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

Howdy all! This is my first blog so don't geat all freaky if the content dose not intrest you. Actually, if I don't interest you then go away! Ha Ha!