Originally Posted by
dsprehe89
That make it a whole different situation. New question, Why doesn't he own a road bike? Does he at least have a second wheel set for his superfly? That might actually be all he needs. If I am correct, the Superflys are carbon and actually pretty light for a MTB. He could probably get some thin 700's with disc mounts and some 25-28 slick tires and be doing just as good as a new bike at a quarter of the cost.
IDK why he doesn't have a road bike. He got the Fisher to race and has only raced it once, I think regretting the purchase but it was a full SLX Superfly 29'er, brand new for $1200... couldn't have passed it up without someone slapping him in the nose.
Probably just a cheap ass. His girlfriend offered to help out on the cost of one and tried to justify it by saying "it's 30 miles to my house you could get here faster if you had a road bike" but he wouldn't budge. Wanted to spend $200 but wants a BMC. I was like uhhhhhhhhhhhh.
We'll see.