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A 24 for Trails and Dirt!
What about it? - It's for sale, that's what!
Thursday gets asked to do some one-off stuff from time to time, custom-basis. This is one of those cases, a guy knew what he wanted and nobody was building it. .. or if they tried, they weren't getting it right.
This bike got a pretty good wringing out from a lifelong street and dirt rider. ... now he wants to sell it.
This is the bike. The color is 1965 Jaguar British racing green.This is what the man has to say about the bike. All opinions expressed below are those of the (apparently satisfied) client!
I am 34 with bad knees, hips, and back. I wanted a 24" frame that was more fun and easier to ride than a serious "competition" style race frame. Most 24" offerings have low bottom brackets, low stand over height, a top tube length that is either too short or too long for my liking and a half-mile long rear end. I could seriously pop my hip and throw my back trying to pull the front wheel up off of the gate.
Keep in mind that I'm 5' 10", 150 lbs. (give or take 5), I don't clip- in, I don't suit up in the latest brightly color coordinated nylon, I don't practice or "train" and I sure as hell don't count points like I count my money. I ride for fun. Simple. (actually, I never even raced that much when I started riding again and I don't race at all now)
Enter Jon. I met him at an Idaho state championship race after accidentally stumbling on to his old website. I proposed the idea of trading a new website for a custom frame. To my surprise he listened. To begin the design of this frame I started with the S&M RV cruiser frame, about the only fun ride friendly frame that was durable and available at the time. From there we lengthened the top tube, shortened the rear end, raised the BB a hair and used a more traditional stand over height. The idea was I wanted a more lively feeling 24", something with handling between a cruiser and a 20". I also wanted a more traditional and adult looking cruiser frame, not something that resembled a kids mini.
The end result was the "Green Machine". A frame that I could jump trails with and not have my front end go up into the Evel Knievel position, jump race jumps and not go into a serious nose-dive and finally, I could pull the front end up out of the gate for two or more full cranks without physical effects that I would feel the next day. Excellent.
So why am I selling it? I don't race anymore, I don't have much time to ride and when I do I always pick the twenty and I'm running out of room. My garage is so full of stuff that all I have are deer trails to follow in there.
Is this bike right for you?
Depends. You are either type A or B.
A) If you are guilty of any of the following offenses, you probably won't like this bike: getting upset when you spill Gatorade on your leathers, traveling over 150 miles to race and then yelling at your wife and/or kids because you did not place top three (or placed third in the case of total points), building race style obstacles in your yard for the purpose of "training", watching the competition do gates and corners to learn their "weaknesses".
B) If you are guilty of any of the following offenses, you will more than likely love this bike: you could really care less when you spill beer on your dickies/jeans, no matter how far you drove to ride you could care less about the outcome because you had fun anyways, you built obstacles in your yard to ride for convenient fun, instead of watching the competition you have fun riding the track during practice, digging does not equal "work", you tell your friend "Hold my beer and watch this", and you think jumping, skids and wheelies are fun (OH NO, SKIDS WEAR THE TREAD DOWN!!!).
Frame Specs:
TT: 21.75"
CS: 14.75-15.75"
HT: 73°
BB height: 12"
Spec sheet here ...
EQUIPMENT:
Fork: Supercross Pro 24"
Headset: FSA
Stem: S&M Race XLT
Bars: S&M Cruiser Race
Grips: Primo Stricker
Brake: Primo E-Brake
Seatpost: ??? it's silver
Seat: DK Moto
BB: Profile
Cranks: FSA
Pedals: Drive Sealed Pro
Front Wheel: Demolition Bulimia Hub, FMF 24X1.75 Rim, IRC 24X1.75 Siren Tire
Back Wheel: Odyssey Race Cassette Hub, FMF 24X1.75 Rim, Tioga 24X1.75 Comp 3 Tire
Extras: GT spider, 14-15-16 tooth cassette cogs, anything else I might decide to throw in the box.
PRICE: $750 plus shipping ... cheep!
Contact James at ... james@j3.com
or feel free to contact Thursday about this killer deal.
