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Totally serious. I know bikes are getting scarce but an old full sus like that is a quagmire. If you're going to get an old one, best to get an old hardtail. Then there's no linkages or rear shocks to worry about.
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Agree. It's getting hard to find supplies for the 2015 Giant I just relegated to backup duty.
eta: here's an example...I can't find a derrailleur hanger for it anywhere (for the 142 I converted it to, but I still have the QR wheels and skewer and hanger, just in case). That's kind of important. For a spare I figured out, after studying pictures and then coughing up cash to be sure, that I could use another model but have to over-drill a retention screw hole in my frame. PITA.
- another example. I think I got the last set of suspension pivot bolts for that frame a couple years ago. I kept the old ones when I replaced, just in case.