Hope the pic doesnt bother anyone, its the only way I trust to ride the bike.. hence the post.
This was my dads Santa Cruz Superlight, not sure the year( 99/00?). He was taken away from me too soon and the bike was left untouched for about 16 years.
The bike has all sorts of issues, shocks are basically gone, frames badly scratched. Back tubes dont last 5 miles. Its 25 years old yknow.
Real advice, worth a fix?
Or should I just hang it up somewhere and start asking people here for new bike suggestions 🤓?
Anything helps. Thank you 🙏🏽
by OvOLuismi
11 Comments
Sorry to hear about your father op I think it’s a super cool looking piece and if you have the place to display it that is the route I would personally go. I say that only because I would hate for it to stolen or damaged. I’m sure there are many great opinions coming as to what you should look at. Again sorry for your loss.
If you really just want a mountain bike to ride, save the money and buy something newer.
If I were in your shoes, and the bike meant something to me, I’d fix it up enough to make it fun and safe and take it for easy rides. It’ll never be a “good” bike by modern standards, but who cares?
It’s realll old, not really gonna ride fast like newer bikes, but since its sentimental i say fix it up to operating order, give it a nice wash, then ride it!
I say itd rip on gravel fire roads and flow trails with some light xc tech!
you could make a fantastic run around the city/town bike out of it, but no, as a mountain bike it’s pointlessly obsolete.
Listen. The answer here is clearly both.
If you want a newer more reliable bike, get it. Fixing that can wait. But you do not ditch that bike.
If I kicked the bucket tomorrow I’d want my boy rallying my current ride like a badass. Keep that bike.
Absolutely fix it up just for the nostalgia. One day you can give it to your kid as a commuter bike for college. They’d be the coolest kid on campus.
I’d consider turning that into an art piece in my home and getting a modern bike. 🍻
What’s your goal with this bike? Is it to preserve it for sentimental value? Or are you just wanting to have a capable bike for mtb’ing? If it’s the latter then no I wouldn’t spend any money on it.
It’s neither costly nor difficult to fix it up, you can do everything yourself, and it probably won’t cost more than €100-200. Change the tubes, either service or change the shocks, touch up and polish the frame and voila.
You are the only one who decides whether it’s worth it or not, so your call. Most people have multiple bikes and I don’t see why you can’t just fix this one up and get a newer one at the same time.
You seem like a NYC guy look up timesup nyc they can help u fix up that bike
https://times-up.org/support/
all of its totally fixable, just depends on your budget.