Originally Posted by
Shp4man
If you need a bike for transportation, get an old mountain bike with a bike shop brand, not Huffy or Murray. The things are a dime a dozen, are easy to ride and you can jump curbs and other fun stuff with them. A rack and a set of cheap road tires and you've got a bike you can use.
I'd love to find a big frame rigid 80's MTB. In the past year, there's been one Raleigh rigid MTB that was $250. That's looking at Bloomington, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Evansville and Indy craigslists...
If I could find an '80's Stumpjumper that's bigger than 56cm, I'd love it. But, the bigger bikes are harder to find, and are nearly always expensive. That's why I'm building my Univega into an 80's esque trail bike (the original 29er!) with bullmoose bars and friction thumbies
