My frame is a second generation Evil Sovereign. It is on the more durable end of all mountain hardtails (can be used for light down hill if the rider is experienced enough with 140-160mm travel in the front). I would totally give $160 for a new used bike like that. Dude probably broke his collar bone and is scared of bikes
Does that have the adjustable dropouts? It looks to be a crazy frame, regardless (for mtb, and i'll admit I have fuck-all for experience in that area... coastal FL sucks for up/down terrain, it's pure flatland here)
[note: I f'ing love their naming for another frame, the DOC or drug of choice LOL]
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OOOook, so I made too many posts earlier cuz I was ecstatic over this thing, I've deleted/edited said posts, cuz I jumped to wrong conclusions. I'm now 100.0% in the know on what this bike is, what the mods are, etc, so w/o further ado:
Bike wasn't partial chromoly, it is full (4130 chromoly, japanese/seamless) throughout the frame/forks/bars, and the rest of the specs are here:
http://unitedbikeco.com/products/2012-supreme-su2-complete-bike/
It's an incredibly legit bike, model year is only 2yrs' ago but this thing is still beyond mint, I mean practically unridden.
In addition to the base-model / as-purchased being beyond great as-is, it has a handful of upgrades that're in the same ('like-new') condition, including:
- Odyssey gold chain (sadly, not a half-link chain, but that'll be swapped out within a week lol)
- Odyssey 'lincoln' stem... this stem blew my mind, i've never seen this before, it uses 2 bolts to secure the bars (opposite a hinge) and uses a really novel, single-bolt thing to wrap to the steerer tube. Check this link to look at this stem, I mean it's really the most 'novelty' part on the whole bike, it's forged alluminum, 'knee-friendly' (thank god), I mean it's really crazy. I actually have it upside-down cuz the handlebars on this thing are the biggest size they came in (onto the handlebars!)
stem:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en/odyssey-lincoln-bmx-stem/rp-prod7403
- Bars are by Shadow Conspiracy, the Vultus model in the largest config possible (28” width and 9.5” rise) They were too tall for me, as i'm not that big (kid who sold it to me was over 6'), so by flipping that stem I effectively dropped them 3/4”, making the grip-height same as if they were 8.75” rise bars (which'd be about the half-way size for the full Vultus line)
https://www.danscomp.com/products/362333/Shadow_Conspiracy_Vultus_Bars.html
[and they've got ODI Longneck grips w/ ODI bar ends. I had ODI's on that white mongoose from earlier in-thread, and've used ODI's several times in the past, but frankly, i'm gonna swap these out sometime soon. The odi's are just too spongy when new, and yeah they wear-in nice but they wear so fast that the sweet spot doesn't last that long, then you replace and have the spongy grips again..
- Seat post is Animal (pivotal setup) and seat is Animal, this was a $65 setup and is awesome.
http://www.danscomp.com/products/470153/Animal_Nigel_Pivotal_Seat_(Nigel_Sylvester).html
http://www.danscomp.com/products/472100/Animal_Pivotal_Seat_Post.html
So yeah, i'm lucky as fuck right now. I wish I asked this kid why he was selling, but as shim suggested and I think as well, he probably tried bmx and got hurt, or just tried it and wasn't for him. I'd have asked, but I was only concerned it wasn't boosted lol, and yeah the kid was barely of driving age, shy/rich white kid, I had no concerns the bike was hot and, after assessing that, was only concerned there wasn't any hidden damage; verified the thing, and sent him on his way and went for the inaugaral ride lol.
Bike is perfect size, is ~24lbs, and I'd call this 95%+ 'like new' condition. I'm sooo stoked it's not funny. I did a wet paper towel rub down for a clean (it didn't even need that) and nothing needed tightening/tuning, only thing i've done was slightly tightening the chain, and flipping the stem/bringing the bars in a bit (i'm over 6” shorter than him haha), and raised the seat to fist-height above the frame (was slammed to frame, so presumably he either did lots of tailwhips and loved it low or, MUCH more likely, was a 'poser' and/or mimicked the videos, and kept it that low despite being a large/tall fella, cuz he didn't know any better)
$160 delivered to my door. I spent maybe 2 or 3wks on craigslist before this, so yeah just use craigslist folks, if you're poor-ish and want higher-end stuff. Have patience and know how to buy and you'll make out grand
[edit: funny thing is that, after a day or two of purchase, i checked the ad for some of the specifics i wasn't usre of. I noticed the ad mentioned 2 plegs, and 2 steel pegs, none of which i received... not that it would be *close* to relevant (i'd have purchased this, at this price, if it didn't have front/rear wheels lol!), but I figured maybe i'd grab those 2 plegs (i'm amateur, i only do plegs[plastic-wrapped pegs] not steel cuz i only ride street), and sadly I cannot find his number anymore
Not a problem or anything, but a kick in the knees cuz they were prolly in his car and we all didn't think of it. Sometime early in the week I'll be ordering a new chain anyways, and ebay has plenty of sellers w/ the chain i want, that also have pegs for <$9, so 2 pegs plus chain + shipping will still be about $40, and at that point the only thing i can even think about, if i wanna go to excess, is hub guards.. ..... 'note to self: check if any of these sellers have hub guards!'] [[double-edit: lol, ebay has them all day @ $9 (free s/h), so yeah this'll have half-link chain, 2 plegs, and 2 hub guards by end of week
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Anyways i'll snap shot of it soon, i'm stoked for him and now we both have identical size bmx bikes, and our fixies are same brand and under 1" difference in frame size, so i kinda wanna be a dork and take a pic of all 4 of our bikes :D
