My Sweet New Bike
I've been wanting a new bike for a long time, and I finally indulged this afternoon. I have a Cannondale mountain bike, but the frame is too large for me (20"), and it has been slowing falling apart over the last year. I didn't really want to spend the money to fix the derailleurs and the brakes, and replace the seat the was stolen (by worthless bastards). So I have been kicking around the idea of buying a new bike, but what I want is way out of my price range at the moment.
Today, I found this beauty on Craigslist for $100:
It is a mutt, but I love it. It has an Azonic 16" downhill/slalom frame and a Marzocchi fork. It also has an XT rear derailleur and disc brakes. Everything from the headset (FSA) to the cranks (Truvativ) is high quality, after-market stuff.
It also doesn't have a front derailleur, which means I probably won't be powering up South Mountain any time soon, but for tooling around town it is perfect - simple and fast. In a couple of weeks, we are moving to an apartment in Phoenix, which is just about 9 miles from my office. I am going to start biking to work after we move in, and I am going to give it a test run this weekend. Here is the route I plan to ride:
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