Originally Posted by
cooker
A second hand 90s era rigid mountain bike.
With wide dual purpose tyres or slicks, yes. Schwalbe Big Apples? Probably without a suspension fork. Ideally chromo steel. A nice Kona Lava Dome should run $200 plus the cost of a bike shop overhaul and last a century.
I'd guess likely weight for an average sized frame would be around 27lbs. That's the cost of strength. The handling will be excellent.
Or you could buy a modern copy for about ten times as much - and it maybe almost as good. Oh - and leaving a $2000 bike parked on a campus is idiotic! If you buy one, then buy the old MTB as well. And ugly the old MTB up with crappy paint and put a top of the line lock and security skewers on.