Hmmm... that bike looks pretty cheap. Maybe if you save up for a while you could buy something nicer?
Not that it's a bad bike. at all, just save up a bit and you could get something from a bigger brand. like a Surly Karate Monkey.
Heck, tell you what. I'll BUY you a Karate Monkey, and you can trade me that. yeah. So you can finally have a nice bike.
(See this post is funny because if you look at Vassago's site you can clearly see this bike is handmade in the USA from really awesome stuffs. it blows a KM out of the water. Were my above statements not facetious they would be incredibly foolish.)
The whole time i was reading this post i was like... "oh man... another vassago hater..." hahaha Nothing wrong with a KM... Or my old Jabberwocky for that matter. But this new verhauen kicks ass... Probably the best frame ive ever ridden..
can't remember what year this is either 95 or 96 Univega Aluminum 701. put a bunch of leftover parts I had on it. does the job on the trails and rides very good.
Far from blingy, but nonetheless a solid parts bin build. I was looking for a backup bike after my main ride was having suspension fork issues that kept me from riding for a month or so. I found a buddy who had gotten a KM a few years back, and slapped a WB carbon fork on it, took it for a ride(s?) and decided his knees couldn't hack it. Hung in his garage until I asked about it. So, for $150 and a few little things I didn't have (like a tugnut), I built this up more as a utility ride-around-the-neighborhood-with-the-kids bike that I can run errands on but can convert over to serious dirt worthiness should I need to pretty quick.
My SC highball SS. Need to upgrade the brakes and thinking about the Enve Carbon DH bar (800mm) and a shorter stem. Got I9s with arch ex rims. So far so good.
Mine. Not fancy, but by far my favorite ride. The replaced fork and cranks brought new life to this frame
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