Firstly hello, new to this forum but after some advice.
I used to be a keen MTB rider (you know when you're a teenager and can't drive so it makes sense!)... Anyway fast forward 10ish years and my size has increased (unfortunately) and I want to do something about it so getting back into the sport (spurred on by my 5 and 6 year old sons).
I currently own a
'98 orange O2 rigid (strawberry and cream) 20/21" which was my 'road' bike back in the day...
Well until I got...
'99 orange Msisle (one of the very early ones gusseted seat stays etc) at the time it was a limited run of black with silver stickers.. I built this up as a complete bike wasn't available.. Manitou x-vert (iirc), mavic 521, HS33s.
The O2 was donated to my step father for a while and was used a mere handful of times before taking up space.
Well now what do I do.. I want to commute and family ride with my boys plus some singletrack/trail riding so was considering selling the lot and buying a 120mm ish FS... but the more I think about it the more it seems a good idea to sell the O2 to someone who would enjoy it and rebuild the msisle with a more up to date spec... Discs, new forks, new wheels (the current ones are close to collapse through use/abuse).
Was looking at spending £1500 ish on a new bike so hopefully save some £££ too.
Opinions please?
I used to be a keen MTB rider (you know when you're a teenager and can't drive so it makes sense!)... Anyway fast forward 10ish years and my size has increased (unfortunately) and I want to do something about it so getting back into the sport (spurred on by my 5 and 6 year old sons).
I currently own a
'98 orange O2 rigid (strawberry and cream) 20/21" which was my 'road' bike back in the day...
Well until I got...
'99 orange Msisle (one of the very early ones gusseted seat stays etc) at the time it was a limited run of black with silver stickers.. I built this up as a complete bike wasn't available.. Manitou x-vert (iirc), mavic 521, HS33s.
The O2 was donated to my step father for a while and was used a mere handful of times before taking up space.
Well now what do I do.. I want to commute and family ride with my boys plus some singletrack/trail riding so was considering selling the lot and buying a 120mm ish FS... but the more I think about it the more it seems a good idea to sell the O2 to someone who would enjoy it and rebuild the msisle with a more up to date spec... Discs, new forks, new wheels (the current ones are close to collapse through use/abuse).
Was looking at spending £1500 ish on a new bike so hopefully save some £££ too.
Opinions please?