The Megatower has arrived...

I like the 75s. The yellow 78 with a 401 I bet is fun. But $23,000 for a Pacer!??

 

You know there's limited excitement around a bike release when the subject quickly turns to apostrophes and AMC cars...

Have fun building and riding, Erik!

 

Come on now...the Wayne's World Pacer went for $37,400 at auction which is over $40K after the buyers premium gets added on. Schwing!!! It was originally sold on Pawn Stars for $9K in 2015 who obviously had is "restored" and then sent to auction.

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1976-AMC-PACER-WAYNES-WORLD-199021

 

I believe they used that same engine in my brother's 78 Jeep Renegade CJ5. I swear that thing would do wheelies!

 

Lol!!! It is, and it probably would!!! Lol, we're talking Pacers, I love it!!!

 

EXCELLENT!!!

 

Getting back on track.....

The MT will sell.....just look at how Nomads are out there. Perhaps not the $10k version....but you never know.

It is a lot of bike for most of the trails around here....don't I say that about most bikes. Yes, I know there is that one trail

I'm curious to see @Ebruner feedback on it when he gets some saddle time.

To me the OG Hightower is like this:


And the Megatower is like this:

 

Does that make the single speed a.....

 

I'm not the biggest fan of SC, and I sure don't ride hard enough for this bike, but I do like that Toothpaste Green. Santa Cruz is finally starting to let the guys have some of those interesting Juliana colors.

 

While this beast is way above the needs of anything I ride, I really like the way SC is going here geo wise. (this is coming from the bias of a tall person, who is mostly legs and arms). Long reach but now paired with a stack height that means my seat wouldn't be super awkwardly high above the bars, check. They finally getting a effective seat angle above 73, which means for those of us who have to have the seat raised higher, our weight isn't getting disproportionately shoved over the back wheel..... only gripe is chainstay length is the same on all sizes, I think only a few makers, like Norco address this... but at least this one is adjustable...

 

I would like to see this offered in an alloy frame some day. Looking forward to putting a leg over one soon, I miss riding on 29" wheels on the regular.

 

I forgot this thread existed. I thought I was joking when I posted that comment. Who knew?

 

And you never did get one of these, did you?


EDIT:
Ahh, at Steve's prompting and a little digging, I see that he did indeed get a MegaPlower - the same color as mine - and has a park setup with a coil shock and heavy bad-ass wheel/tire combo. I also recalled that Erik is recovering from surgery of some kind.

 

Erik has a Mega-Sled... There are a few ride reports, if I remember correctly.

He was an early adopter.

 

He's back riding.