Can someone actually tell me how good this is?

MTB-NCL

My Specialized rockhopper pro disc, valued at around £700 and on the specialized website around £1100.







Thats it ^^, i got it off my uncle for free as he upgraded to a felt full suss, but i have NO clue as to how good this thing is, it rides well, has new cassettes, derailleurs, shifters and brakes. Also got the FELT tires on, anyone know, it would be interesting to know..

wordnumb

Depends what you mean by good. No one will give a value estimate (it's against the rules and potentially unreliable) and I can't see how a free bike can be bad. Red ones go faster, but you can't have everything.

Rockhoppers are generally well regarded. Could be lighter, but it'll withstand some riding.

MTB-NCL

I know, i never said it was bad, i love it, it's my second bike, first was a GT aggressor 3.0 , so i'm not complaining, just my uncle bought the frame at £700.

njee20

It's a fairly old one, think it's about 2004 IIRC, the fork was a weak point.

As wordnumb says though, 'good' is very subjective, plenty of people would rip your arm off to have a bike that good, whilst others would turn their noses up at it! It's a very solid bike though, and for free you can't complain.

In range terms it's the top of the middle range of hardtails that Spesh make, but it's age does it no favours.

MTB-NCL

Thanks mate, i know, but i'm not gunna turn down a bike because of it's age, especially a specialized. How much could i get for this thing on ebay or something, to buy another bike??

taz3611

Why buy another bike? This one's fine, surely?

MTB-NCL

I know i'm fussy like that haha!

cooldad

MTB-NCL wrote:

Thanks mate, i know, but i'm not gunna turn down a bike because of it's age, especially a specialized. How much could i get for this thing on ebay or something, to buy another bike??

Put it on Ebay and find out.

The Northern Monkey

cooldad wrote:

MTB-NCL wrote:

Thanks mate, i know, but i'm not gunna turn down a bike because of it's age, especially a specialized. How much could i get for this thing on ebay or something, to buy another bike??

Put it on Ebay and find out.

yup... valuation threads aren't allowed!

snotty badger

I'd have it for nowt!

Its far from being a bad bike. I'd say its fairly good, definatly a good starting point anyways.


Seeing as you got it free I'll give you 27p and my best conker.

thel33ter

snotty badger wrote:

I'd have it for nowt!

Its far from being a bad bike. I'd say its fairly good, definatly a good starting point anyways.


Seeing as you got it free I'll give you 27p and my best conker.

I raise you 33p and a melted Lidl brand Twix, plus some Haribo Marshmallows

jadamson

Its age does it no favours but its a solid bit of kit, probably worth more keeping than what you could sell it for. could probably get roughly 300+ MacDonald burgers worth (is that allowed? :P)

cooldad

jadamson wrote:

Its age does it no favours but its a solid bit of kit, probably worth more keeping than what you could sell it for. could probably get roughly 300+ MacDonald burgers worth (is that allowed? :P)

You mean botulism, or just fat?

andy46

wordnumb wrote:

Red ones go faster, but you can't have everything.

everyone knows white ones go faster and look cooler

Herbie The Dog

andy46 wrote:

wordnumb wrote:

Red ones go faster, but you can't have everything.

everyone knows Whyte ones go faster and look cooler

Fixed that for you.

stu8975

MTB-NCL wrote:

just my uncle bought the frame at £700.

I hope you mean the cost of full bike when new, otherwise he was had. You can't really compare a 2010 model with yours as the 2010 is considerably better spec'd. Yours looks like a 2003 Comp disc rather than Pro disc.

http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBC ... nuItemId=0

You probably wont get more than a couple hundred quid for it due to its age.

*AJ*

It is good.

wordnumb

Herbie The Dog wrote:

andy46 wrote:

wordnumb wrote:

Red ones go faster, but you can't have everything.

everyone knows Whyte ones go faster and look cooler

Fixed that for you.

No. No. No.

Red ones go fastest because the rider doesn't have to worry about blood discolouring the frame. White is the slowest colour, riders need to keep stopping to wipe mud off and take photos pretending to be a stormtrooper.

MTB-NCL

http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?arc=2004&sid=04Rockhopper

Thats mine, I'm happy with it though, don't get me wrong.