Originally Posted by seely
The Sports will not be available again until the end of may, along with just about every other Specialized MTB. It sucks because I mostly sell Hardrock Sports and Hardrock XC's. The XC is a 7spd which I would avoid like the plague since it cant be upgraded to 8/9spd. Its a great bike though for someone who just wants to ride and doesn't intend on getting too serious.
Just out of curiousity, if you already have a Rockhopper, why are you considering "upgrading" to a lower end bike than what you have?
seely, the reason why i am thinking about getting the hardrock is because the rockhopper is too big for me. this rockhopper of mine, i bought from a co-worker at his garage sale. i didn't know much about mt. biking at the time, plus for $50 it's not so bad. then i got home and clean the bike up just to realize that the rear derailer is kinda in a bad shape. it still works but just not that smooth.
then i found out the bigest gear on the crank is missing 4 teeth. i've gone onto sheldon's website to adjust the derailers and gear shifts as much as i can but still not very good. i'm 5'8" and my current rockhopper frame is 20.5", which is way too big for me. i have long legs.. but still i have to tip toe or lean the bike side way to put my feet down.
i've thought about replacing the frame and all that.. but since i don't have the tools for it nor time, i figure it'll be cheaper to just get new bike. in this case, i'm trying to keep the price below $300, thus hardrock sport is my choice now. since they are not going to be shipping till end of may, can you tell me when they are starting to ship? i need a size 17" frame and it seems like that frame is pretty hot for most people. that's the reason why i am choosing hardrock sport.
rui
