Jamis Aurora (2012)

Road bikes are too light duty. Mountain and city bikes are too heavy duty. Welcome to the Just Right world of Aurora Elite, Aurora and Bosanova, the road bikes for smart urban speedsters and cyclo-tourists.

Legendary Reynolds steel is our chassis material of choice, for its unbeatably robust performance and the resilient ride-damping you’ll appreciate while loaded up and bombing around on the streets and rural backroads. This is magic stuff, especially for full pannier touring and rough-road adventures.

This year’s rides are simply better and lighter— Aurora makes use of a long-cage road derailleur for supersmooth shifting and the uphill hauling capability of a super-low 26x28 gear commanded by travel-friendly bar-end shifters and sports new full-coverage/fully adjustable fenders.