Okay, a (v good) bike shop guy persuaded me to take the bits off my three year old fuel, and stick them on an old carbon scott scale frame, so I’d have something to ride (we’re deep into 26” territory here…)
I fancied riding a fast xc hard tail for a bit but am increasingly missing full suss (my preference is the techier end of mainly natural trails). All that remains of the fuel is a frame which needs new bearings + rear sus that needs a service.
Bike shop guy (who’s a good mechanic and who I trust, but who I also think is busy with a new business and bigger fish to fry) suggests it might be possible to make a project of it and do it up with 2nd hand parts for I dunno, £6-700. It needs forks, wheels, brakes, gears, a bell, basket, handlebars even. I don’t want to do any of this myself.
So my questions: is it worth it? What else could I do?
I’m not fishing for ‘buy a new bike’ (I’m minded to get a x-bike anyway), just the cheapest way to have something okay to ride…