Extra-Light Touring Bikes
If you want a really super extra-lightweight touring bicycle with all the comforts of a traditional Dutch bicycle, then we have two excellent models to choose from.
The Kayenta
The Kayenta really is the ultimate lightweight Batavus Tourer.
Fitted with all sorts of wonderful goodies including: top end Shimano Deore 24 Speed Gears, carbon forks front and rear, Spanninga Ledlite front lights with battery and also at the rear. The lights on The Kayenta have an auto sensor as well as the usual on/off so if you wish you can allow the light sensors turn your lights on and off in poor light or weather.
The Kayenta pictured above
Features include:
Weight: 16kg (given that it has every imaginable extra from lights to guards this really is a super weight bicycle).
Available in either a step-over (as above) or step-through frame in the one colour pattern, black and white.
Price £987
Note - I love this bike so much that I've bought one for myself. It really is a rocket and if you're planning to do some great distances, or perhaps give up the car and bike ride everywhere then this bike really is worth looking at. Although I still intend to use my Old Dutch and Entrada as well!
Paul
- 27 speed Shimano Deore Gears
- Front and rear battery lights with automatic light sensors
- Carbon forks front and rear to reduce weight
- Aluminium frame.
- 28" rims with Schwalbe Marathon Racing Tyres with puncture protection guard
- Easy-adjust handlebar position where at the touch of a button you can instantly change you riding position from sit-up-and beg, upright to get-out-of-the-wind racing position.
- Royal Gel, Respiro Saddle by SR which is designed to give you a super-comfry ride while allowing air to circulate under your bottom so as to avoid saddle soreness.
- Side stand
- Intergral Axa Defender Lock
- Rear and front Mudguards
- Shimano V Brakes with Shimano Power Modulator fitted to the front brakes
- Semi-enclosed chain guard
- Rear splash guards
- Rear Mech defender
- Quick release front and rear wheels
- Unique spoke pattern
- Super-light weight rear carrier with webbing straps
- Touring pedals
- Shimano Deore Hollowtec Cranks and Bottom bracket
Weight: 16kg (given that it has every imaginable extra from lights to guards this really is a super weight bicycle).
Available in either a step-over (as above) or step-through frame in the one colour pattern, black and white.
Price £987
Note - I love this bike so much that I've bought one for myself. It really is a rocket and if you're planning to do some great distances, or perhaps give up the car and bike ride everywhere then this bike really is worth looking at. Although I still intend to use my Old Dutch and Entrada as well!
Paul
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The Jakima
The Jakima is the sister bike to The Kayenta.
Built to the same exacting standards and using the same lightweight materials as The Kayenta, which include carbon forks front and rear, lightweight touring rack and so on. This bike is more or less the same bicycle as Kayenta. The only real difference we can see between the two models are in the gears and saddles.
The Kayenta comes with Shimano Deore throughout including the cranks and bottom bracket, while the Jamima comes with the slightly lower spec'd Shimano Alivio Gears and Selle Italy Saddle and it doesn't have the same automatic light sensors as the Kayenta. But it does have front halogen lights and rear battery lights.
Features really are more or less the same than Kayenta. Obviously lovers of Shimano Deore will have little problem deciding which model to opt for, but if you're not fussed whether you have Shimano Deore or Alivio then the price of Jakima is rather more appealing at £827.
The Jakima Extra-Light pictured above
Features include:
Price £827.
Note: Brian one of the partners in the Dutch Bike shop has opted for one of these to undertake this year's cycle tours.
DEMONSTRATIONS/TEST RIDES
If you're interested in either of these models you can test ride our bikes when you come and visit. They really are worth considering if you're looking for the ultimate in touring without paying the earth.
The Jakima is the sister bike to The Kayenta.
Built to the same exacting standards and using the same lightweight materials as The Kayenta, which include carbon forks front and rear, lightweight touring rack and so on. This bike is more or less the same bicycle as Kayenta. The only real difference we can see between the two models are in the gears and saddles.
The Kayenta comes with Shimano Deore throughout including the cranks and bottom bracket, while the Jamima comes with the slightly lower spec'd Shimano Alivio Gears and Selle Italy Saddle and it doesn't have the same automatic light sensors as the Kayenta. But it does have front halogen lights and rear battery lights.
Features really are more or less the same than Kayenta. Obviously lovers of Shimano Deore will have little problem deciding which model to opt for, but if you're not fussed whether you have Shimano Deore or Alivio then the price of Jakima is rather more appealing at £827.
The Jakima Extra-Light pictured above
Features include:
- 24 speed Shimano Alivio Gears
- Front and rear battery lights
- Carbon forks front and rear
- Aluminium frame
- 28" Schwable Marathon Racing tyres
- Easy adjust handlebar position where at the touch of a button you can instantly change your riding position as in the Kayenta specs above
- Selle Italy touring saddle
- Side stand
- Integral Axa Defender lock
- rear and front mudguards
- Shimano V Brakes with Shimano Power Modulator fitted to the front brakes
- Semi-enclosed chain guard
- Rear splash guard
- Rear mech defender
- Quick release front and rear wheels
- Unique spoke pattern
- Super lightweight rear carrier with webbing straps
Price £827.
Note: Brian one of the partners in the Dutch Bike shop has opted for one of these to undertake this year's cycle tours.
DEMONSTRATIONS/TEST RIDES
If you're interested in either of these models you can test ride our bikes when you come and visit. They really are worth considering if you're looking for the ultimate in touring without paying the earth.