I want to have 4 bikes... The Stumpjumper for trail riding, the BottleRocket for freeriding, the Terrible One for... well more of a novelty now because I want to get a 24" cruiser for Jumping, street and park.
The problem is... I impulse purchased the stumpjumper, which ended up being a good thing but rubbing the fiance the wrong way, so she told me I had to get rid of one since they were both worth roughly the same amount. I almost always ride the Stumpjumper and never ride the BottleRocket (it's a shame I know) so the BR was the easy choice. BUT, it is my dream bike! It is exactly what I have wanted for the last couple of years, the problem is I just don't have anywhere to ride it.
You really need a freeride park or at least downhill trails to fully enjoy the bottlerocket, and there are none around here. The closest ones are a 4 hour drive so it is a weekend trip and I have no one else to ride with.
Even after I move to NOVA it will still be a 4.5 hour drive to the best place and once again, no one to ride with. So I have to sell the BottleRocket it only makes sense. The problem with that is, no one is buying the bottlerocket!
I had it listed on a 7 day auction on eBay, starting bid 1700, buy it now 2100, 100 bucks shipping which you didn't have to pay if you used the buy it now. I have it listed on every mountain bike classified website for 2100. I have gotten nibbles and a few empty promises (in the form of paypal invoices that never get paid) but no one has been serious.
I paid a good amount of money for the bike, and I made it at least twice as good as it was, I upgraded the fork, cranks, headset, stem, drive train, wheels, and tires and brakes. So pretty much a brand new awesome bike so I need some more money out of it than I have in. 2100 is not unreasonable for the bike, it is a damn awesome bike, especially since I am giving away spare parts with it.
I don't know if it is the economy or what but this thing should sell, not only could I use the dough, I need to sell it to fund my cruiser project that is going to get me in trouble :) (but like the stumpjumper, hopefully be worth it as it will get me riding a lot more again).
Now for what I am looking at when it comes to cruisers:
The Fit CR24 complete bike.
The Pro's:
Price (half the price of my other option)
Components (all good enough)
The Con's:
Geometry
My alternative, the Sunday Model-C:
Pro's:
Geometry
Quality
Custom Build
Con's:
Price
Price
Price
The Fit is a nice bike, it would be the one if the whole basis for the Sunday weren't exactly what the Fit is... I'll explain that.
The Sunday was designed by Jim Cielinski, he is an iconic bmx rider, I first saw him on one of the road fools where he did 20 different grinds down 1 rail. It was amazing. His whole logic behind the bike is "most cruisers have a dropped down bottom bracket giving it a traditional racing feel, on the sunday we wanted the bike to feel like a 20" bmx bike so we mimicked the geometry and raised the bottom bracket which accomplished our goal"
So the Fit BB is 1.75 inches lower than the Sunday, and the Fit bars are 1.75 inches lower than the Sunday. With the rest of the geometry being similar. So if you think of it, going from a fit to a sunday is just raising the riding position on the bike 1.75 inches, thus dramatically changing the feel of the bike.
Now the question is, just because they would feel different is one better than the other? I have no clue, haven't ridden either. I do know someone who has ridden the Sunday first hand and said it was awesome, and I have read good reviews of the CR24 online.
I might be able to get a Sunday built up for less than 1000 bucks. The fit would be less than 600. I really want the Sunday, but as I said earlier money is tight and if the bike were cheaper the fiance wouldn't be as mad at me as if it were more towards 1k.
I tell you what, having the two bikes at the local skate park and giving me 30 minutes on each would make this decision really easy!
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