With my regular bike in the shop, I managed to pick up something so I don't entirely miss the 2015 fall mountain biking season.
This bike is entry-level even by 2003 standards... it's heavy. Spring shocks (that don't seem to absorb all that much). 26'er. And rim brakes! Internal bottom bracket, that wiggles, ohhhh maaaaan.
What more do you want for $100?
Swapped on some Crank Brothers pedals from another bike, replaced the seat/seatpost with one I borrowed from my cyclocross bike. Replacing the bottom bracket ($15).
It's not bad! I took it out last week and it got the job done, had a really fun ride. Rocks, logs, everything, did OK. A little teeth chattery, heavy on the climbs, but not bad.
Once my regular wheels are back I just might hang on to this bad boy as a tooling around kind of bike, something I can lock up at the store without having it disappear on me... or hand down to my soon-to-be-quite-tall-kids.
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