hey Im Alex and just getting back into the Bike world after a hiatus of 40 years haha, as many of you Im looking to get some air, exercise and get off the coach, Im 53 years old and in bad shape, hopefully I will improve my lazy body with the Bike I found on a Garage sale for $50 dlls, I saw it and felt in love inmediatly, its a Specialized Crossroads Sport 2006, it needs some TLC , it needed a new sadle and I already got one, other than that it runs pretty smooth.
I got it from the OG owner who is now 70 years old so, the bike was pretty well taken care.

the suspension fork is stuck in the high position, so for now it acts like a rigid fork

Welcome!

It's a perfect "fitness bike" and with basic maintenance it can deliver many miles and hours of happiness.

Seems that the seat post is looking in the wrong direction, so probably you should set it up correctly before placing a new saddle.

Regarding the fork, if I would be in your shoes, I won't spend a cent on fixing it. If you really need a suspension fork, you can find affordable alternatives, but if you don't just leave it as it is right now. Not sure if it has coils or elastomers inside. But both usually got stuck inside the forks with the time, and unless it's a good fork, it does not worth it to fix it.

Enjoy it!

Oh, and 53 it's not old at all... 50s are the new 40s

Hey Dave, nice call on the Seat post, thats show how newby I am LOL, I was having hard time trying to move the tip of the sadle little bit lower but I couldnt haha

I have the same idea about the fork, I will use it as is for now, I not planning to ride any trails or MTB with the bike, so I will be good.

I was with the idea that 50s are the new 30s








this is me with my daughters fishing last summer

full throttle on this Specialized and take the dust off! I'm 49 in a month and I feel better than ever. Well... my lumbars some days kills me but other than that... we still have a whole life ahead of us.

Enjoy the ride!

Welcome. A $50 bike is the perfect gateway drug into cycling. After a season or so, you'll know better what kind of cycling you enjoy, and a specific type of bike will start calling.

56? Granted I didn't take a hiatus from cycling (ever, since learning), but I think mid 50's was my peak fitness. The untapped potential is enormous! Your body will respond quickly, your job is simply to persist, and your body will do the rest.

LOL my mind still thinks Im 30, my sense of humor suggest Im 12yo but my back and my knees think Im 80yo and thats where the bike comes to fix that part or broke a bone



when I was young, maybe from my 12-15 yo I had my cheapo BMX and spent a lot of time on the dirt trails and small hard packed sand dunes so, I still feel attracted by MTB but duuuude MTB bikes had changed a lot, I never thought about seeing a MTB costing almost what a small used car cost , incredible !!! I live on the dry desert of Baja, nothing but rocks and lose dry sand here, the local MTB routes scared me to death LOL, no soft dirt or bushed where to land on a fall, just rocks and dried bushes or small cactus plants everywhere, I think I will be good with cycling around my town and taking some hard packed dirt roads in the mix.
we will see, for now Im pretty exited and feel like 15 yo cleaning and thinking in tinkering the bike with new bar grips, new sadle and some stickers here and there.

I'm pretty much a roadie, but I just bought a 90's rigid MTB for $30. I really enjoyed tearing it down, cleaning it up, repacking the bearings, and reassembling. For another $40 (BB and brake pads), it's ready to roll and I'm excited. I'm a 65 year old kid waiting for the rain to stop so I can hit a local trail. I tell my wife, it could be sports cars, whiskey, or women, but it's bikes. Okay, maybe not women lol.

haha, I already SPENT that ticket with my wife on my other hobby, which is Fishing, I ran outta space on my garage to put the fishing rods and my fishing reels, this fishing hobby can be as expensive as you wanted to so, for now I kinda know how this works, as Dave said on the second post, I will spend a season or two with the same bike and during that time I will have a better idea what kind of cycling I want to do and chose a proper bike

on my fishing hobby Im a Fishing rod custom builder and repair fishing reels for the local charter captains, so Im kinda handy with the tools but at the same time it make me dont keep anything stock for much time, I like to change, upgrade and customize .

, from SE Wisconsin.

I bet you can find some tips on how to disassemble and service the suspension fork from Bicycle Mechanics subforum here.

Enjoy your stay!

I searched with no avail, I will need to open a thread asking for help on servicing this kind on cheap suspension fork

thanks compadre

cool bike!

Nice bike!