I sold my Beast on CL....my wife told me to "Get the bike I want"...
so now I'm shopping...here's my short list (in order of highest interest on top)
Origin 8 Crawler - (19.5" model)
http://www.jbimporters.com/web/checking_product_description.php?part_number=69292
http://www.origin-8.com/product-description/?prod_model_uid=7933
Downside - I have no idea how the NuVinci CVT rear hub rides and nowhere around here has any bikes with one in stock that I can take for a spin...dropping the kind of coin on this bike would be a BIG gamble if I don't like it...
Sun Spyder (LBS Sells one with upgraded 7speed rear hub)
http://www.jbimporters.com/web/checking_product_description.php?part_number=69192
Downside - By the time I buy the one from the LBS with upgraded 7 speed rear hub, then buy Front & Rear disc brakes for it, I'll be about a hundred bux away from the Origin 8 Crawler, which has an aluminum frame vs. the Spyders CroMoly frame.
Framed Minnesota 2.0 -
http://www.framedbikes.com/v2/minnesota2-blk-wht.html
Spec's look good....but nobody around here sells them so I can't get my hands on one before buying one...
Mongoose Dolemite - This is my last resort bike...its cheap, but is it a nice bike? If it came with Stainless Spokes, and better hardware, I'd already have a tracking # for one.
And last but not least - perhaps a used Pugsly or Moonlander......
the guy that bought my Beast met up with me at a Whataburger by my house...within minutes of taking it out of my truck. a guy stopped by and was like "WOW, those are some big tires...what is that thing!?!?"....which is the coolest thing about the Beast...
so now I'm shopping...here's my short list (in order of highest interest on top)
Origin 8 Crawler - (19.5" model)
http://www.jbimporters.com/web/checking_product_description.php?part_number=69292
http://www.origin-8.com/product-description/?prod_model_uid=7933
Downside - I have no idea how the NuVinci CVT rear hub rides and nowhere around here has any bikes with one in stock that I can take for a spin...dropping the kind of coin on this bike would be a BIG gamble if I don't like it...
Sun Spyder (LBS Sells one with upgraded 7speed rear hub)
http://www.jbimporters.com/web/checking_product_description.php?part_number=69192
Downside - By the time I buy the one from the LBS with upgraded 7 speed rear hub, then buy Front & Rear disc brakes for it, I'll be about a hundred bux away from the Origin 8 Crawler, which has an aluminum frame vs. the Spyders CroMoly frame.
Framed Minnesota 2.0 -
http://www.framedbikes.com/v2/minnesota2-blk-wht.html
Spec's look good....but nobody around here sells them so I can't get my hands on one before buying one...
Mongoose Dolemite - This is my last resort bike...its cheap, but is it a nice bike? If it came with Stainless Spokes, and better hardware, I'd already have a tracking # for one.
And last but not least - perhaps a used Pugsly or Moonlander......
the guy that bought my Beast met up with me at a Whataburger by my house...within minutes of taking it out of my truck. a guy stopped by and was like "WOW, those are some big tires...what is that thing!?!?"....which is the coolest thing about the Beast...
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