Replace the wheels as fast as humanly possible. Spinergy have a tendency to just fail and if it happens when you’re riding, you’ll probably break something, a bone or teeth is common.
Remdood on
It’s a cool art piece
MantraProAttitude on
Depends on price and intended/end use.
internetfood on
This is pretty cool as a wall piece or just a booting around bike. Nice piece of biking history.
If you were hoping to regularly ride it off road, there’s a couple things that’ll hold you back. The wheels, as another commenter mentioned, are probably not the most reliable – early carbon wheels are kinda dicey. The suspension is an issue, as all the seals and whatnot definitely require replacement, but finding replacement seals (and a shop who’s willing to risk taking it apart) will be a considerable challenge even if you know what you’re doing. You could theoretically spend the money to buy a new fork and shock but that money would be way better spent on a more modern platform.
Leave it as is (maybe freshen it up with some cheap new tires or something) and have fun rolling around on it. If you wanna seriously get into trail riding, buy a newer hardtail – you’ll have a lot more fun on it.
Critical-Fill-9351 on
50$ max
DevelopmentOptimal22 on
It’s cool art. Unless you know old bikes, and how to source/replace obsolete parts, it’ll be a pain to get running. It can probably be done, tho. It’ll never be a modern Trail bike.
willrf71 on
Yes, because it’s cool as hell
fast-and-ugly on
Classic. If you don’t need it check out the vintage mountain bike trading post on facebook. You could part it out possibly. Def a good pick up but everyone under 30 will act like this bike is gonna kill you. Probably not worth a shock rebuild unless you just love it.
rubysundance on
That is a 1998 Specialized FSR Comp. It was my first mountain bike. It was pretty good for the time. Way past it’s prime now.
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It’s an antique
Replace the wheels as fast as humanly possible. Spinergy have a tendency to just fail and if it happens when you’re riding, you’ll probably break something, a bone or teeth is common.
It’s a cool art piece
Depends on price and intended/end use.
This is pretty cool as a wall piece or just a booting around bike. Nice piece of biking history.
If you were hoping to regularly ride it off road, there’s a couple things that’ll hold you back. The wheels, as another commenter mentioned, are probably not the most reliable – early carbon wheels are kinda dicey. The suspension is an issue, as all the seals and whatnot definitely require replacement, but finding replacement seals (and a shop who’s willing to risk taking it apart) will be a considerable challenge even if you know what you’re doing. You could theoretically spend the money to buy a new fork and shock but that money would be way better spent on a more modern platform.
Leave it as is (maybe freshen it up with some cheap new tires or something) and have fun rolling around on it. If you wanna seriously get into trail riding, buy a newer hardtail – you’ll have a lot more fun on it.
50$ max
It’s cool art. Unless you know old bikes, and how to source/replace obsolete parts, it’ll be a pain to get running. It can probably be done, tho. It’ll never be a modern Trail bike.
Yes, because it’s cool as hell
Classic. If you don’t need it check out the vintage mountain bike trading post on facebook. You could part it out possibly. Def a good pick up but everyone under 30 will act like this bike is gonna kill you. Probably not worth a shock rebuild unless you just love it.
That is a 1998 Specialized FSR Comp. It was my first mountain bike. It was pretty good for the time. Way past it’s prime now.
OP made a real effort to photograph the bike.
It’s also about 25 years old.
Has to be late 90’s.