August 2007

The new bike has arrived. A green Santa Cruz Heckler. The background: Death of a bike: http://one2ride.org/bulletin/index.php?topic=1355.0 Choosing a new fully suspended bike: http://one2ride.org/bulletin/index.php?topic=1357.0 I drove down to Elite Cycling & Fitness (Pinecrest, south Miami) on Wednesday. It is about two hours south from Jupiter. I arrived about 2:30. They attached my pedals. Swapped the brake levers around, so the front brake was on the right. They pumped up the shock for me. […]

I’ve found my Santa Cruz Heckler at Elite Cycling and Fitness. It should be ready for me on Wednesday. The RP23 rear shock upgrade has been ordered on a 3-day delivery. The price is $2200 (If memory serves). That’s $1999 + $85 upgrade = $2084 plus tax. Another place I’ve been talking: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=329438.

I’ve been asking around about a replacement bike. Here are the threads I’ve been involved in: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=328743 http://one2ride.org/bulletin/index.php?topic=1357.0 So it looks like I want a Santa Cruz Heckler, with a D kit, and a rear shock upgrade to the Fox RP23. Unfortunately, my local bike shop J-Town Bike does not have it in stock. There is a shop in south Miami that has it, Elite Cycling and Fitness for $1900 without the shock

I bought my ProFlex 957 in December 1996. At the time, I was living in Wellington, New Zealand, and I was visiting Maureen in Santa Barbara, California, USA. The bike has been great. It’s been to Moab a few times. It’s done trails all over New Zealand, and around Ottawa, Canada, and more recently, Southern Florida, USA. It’s always been a great bike. I think the end of life has arrived. Yesterday, as