That's always the case. Good for you. That's a great deal. Make sure you post your thoughts when you get some miles. I'd love to hear about it.
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\nComing from a mnt bike is it heavy? A bit. I'll eventually change the seat/post and wheels...And then stem, crank and handle bars all will shed lots of weight. You know all the raleigh stock/branded parts.
Has anyone put narrower road oriented tires on the stuntman? Wondering how it works on the road with 32 - 36 tire. I'm an uber Clyde of sorts and condsidering the stuntman and tamland as potential road/gravel bikes. Since I'm 260, not sure the extra weight of the stuntman over the tamland will matter much and the ability to run almost any tire is appealing.
Also as a heavy weight clyde, 250-255 pounds...bike weight does matter more than you think. I was on a heavy steel frame mountain bike a few years ago and while the ride was nice and plush...it was a noticeably heavy bike coming from a much lighter bike. I sold the steel frame and got a new aluminum frame and build a bike that was at least 4 pounds lighter and the difference was pretty big, for me at least. YMMV.
So for a lot of folks grams and ounces don't make a huge difference but pounds certainly can. At least to me it does. I'll take a 21 or 22 pound bike that gives me the almost same options over a 28 pound bike any day of the week. I'd take the Roker or Willard all day long over the Stuntman unless you really really want steel and/or have the desire to run 27.5 wheels and tires. But for gravel grinding, the Roker/Willard are great options. But that's just me.
Nubster - I agree completely with your assessment on pounds add up and 4 or 6 pounds is noticeable... But I also have my heavyweight 26'er Frankenbikes for days when it's about having fun and I know it'll be a slower ride. Nothing like the plush ride of a 2.3" tire, unless of course you're on something wider! :-)
