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06-29-10, 12:30 AM
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What would YOU do?
I'm moving to a new city this fall and I'm taking at least one bike with me. I have a mid/late 90s specialized stumpjumper comp that, while I can ride it, is not set up for commuting. Don't get me wrong, it's a great mountain bike, but it's too small for me on the road, doesn't have eyelets for fenders or racks (though that hasn't stopped me from using p-clips), etc.
Enough of what it doesn't have... here's what it does have: nice components. Nice brakes, nice levers, nice derailleurs, nice cranks - the whole shebang. I know that if I leave it here, it will just rot in the old man's garage, which would be a shame, so I'm weighing my options (feel free to add to them):
Enough of what it doesn't have... here's what it does have: nice components. Nice brakes, nice levers, nice derailleurs, nice cranks - the whole shebang. I know that if I leave it here, it will just rot in the old man's garage, which would be a shame, so I'm weighing my options (feel free to add to them):
- Let bike rot in old man's garage
- Buy a new frame/wheelset and swap those components over
- Sell bike for not a whole lotta money
- Suck it up, junior
06-29-10, 07:02 AM
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For now, go with what you have now.
When you get to your new location things are going to be different. You may find yourself wanting to do a different kind of riding than what you have in mind today. Your mountain bike might suit you perfectly in the new location. Even if it doesn't, you'll have a better idea of what to buy.
When you get to your new location things are going to be different. You may find yourself wanting to do a different kind of riding than what you have in mind today. Your mountain bike might suit you perfectly in the new location. Even if it doesn't, you'll have a better idea of what to buy.
06-29-10, 09:24 AM
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For now, go with what you have now.
When you get to your new location things are going to be different. You may find yourself wanting to do a different kind of riding than what you have in mind today. Your mountain bike might suit you perfectly in the new location. Even if it doesn't, you'll have a better idea of what to buy.
When you get to your new location things are going to be different. You may find yourself wanting to do a different kind of riding than what you have in mind today. Your mountain bike might suit you perfectly in the new location. Even if it doesn't, you'll have a better idea of what to buy.
07-01-10, 04:54 PM
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What other bikes do you have? Maybe one of those bikes would be better as a commuter.
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07-01-10, 05:44 PM
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I have a 70s ccm single speed w/ a coaster brake, and I just rescued an early 90s canadian tire mountain bike from the dump; will take some work to get that thing going but the frame actually fits me.
07-01-10, 05:58 PM
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Works for me. Leave it in the garage until you're settled, then decide what to do. My brother and i left a Volkswagen Beetle, half-converted to a Baja Bug, in our dad's garage for 18 years. He finally finished it himself and drove it around for a year before somebody stole it (it was sort of cool seeing a 60-year-old man ratting around the Silicon Valley in it...).
Uh - what's your dad's email address?
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I had a hardrock as a kid that, try as I might, could not be destroyed. Now THAT thing had some mileage. Purple and Maroon... ooo baby.
07-02-10, 05:54 AM
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If it doesn't fit you can either sell it, or strip the frame and sell off or reuse the components on a frame that fits. FWIW both my kids left their college bikes here. I sold DD's (per her request) I still have DS's...but I can ride it 
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
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RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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