Mr V is moving to God-forsaken Indiana and doesn't think that he'll ride much there, so he's selling his 2006 Rocky Mountain ETSX 70 that's in really decent shape. He bought it new in 2008 or 2009 and I'll bet that it doesn't have more than a couple of dozen days on it.
He's offered me a really decent price, and will even put me on the winter installment payment plan. Should I buy it, I'll give my far more used and abused 2001 Rocky Mountain Element Race to my wife. Should I take the upgrade?
I took it for a test ride after work this afternoon on the Pipeline Trail in Mill Creek Canyon. I'm not terribly fond of the behavior of the Shimano Deore DX shifters, and I felt a little bit of play in the headset. The chain was horribly dry, but that was easily solved with a few drops of dry Teflon. Otherwise it rides like a dream.
And while I'm at it, it was a beautiful afternoon for a ride as the next storm system approaches, which is expected to bring up to a foot of snowfall at elevation between 9 a.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
Mill Creek Canyon from Pipeline Trail
Pipeline Trail is visible crossing the hillside in the background halfway up, while the descent route via Rattlesnake Gulch can be seen at the photo bottom
He's offered me a really decent price, and will even put me on the winter installment payment plan. Should I buy it, I'll give my far more used and abused 2001 Rocky Mountain Element Race to my wife. Should I take the upgrade?
I took it for a test ride after work this afternoon on the Pipeline Trail in Mill Creek Canyon. I'm not terribly fond of the behavior of the Shimano Deore DX shifters, and I felt a little bit of play in the headset. The chain was horribly dry, but that was easily solved with a few drops of dry Teflon. Otherwise it rides like a dream.
And while I'm at it, it was a beautiful afternoon for a ride as the next storm system approaches, which is expected to bring up to a foot of snowfall at elevation between 9 a.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
Mill Creek Canyon from Pipeline Trail
Pipeline Trail is visible crossing the hillside in the background halfway up, while the descent route via Rattlesnake Gulch can be seen at the photo bottom
