The RockCombo seems to be a very polarizing bike. A lot of people (well, not really a lot of people, as only 500 were ever made) really, really like them, for what seem to be the same reasons that the "Show Us Your Drop-Bar MTB Conversions" thread has as many posts as it does. And there are some people who think that they just mostly suck at everything.

Me?

I wish I'd bought one 20 years ago, when it would have cost me like 50 bucks and a case of beer... I'll never be able to afford one now. For what they get these days, I could probably have a frame custom-built and painted to match, including the same-style-but-ironic-text decals that it would have to have in order to be the bike that lives in my head.

Oh, well... that's what my Karakoram is for. (Once I've got the bread for the build.)

--Shannon