Softride thread revival!
Found the photoless CL ad a couple weeks ago. When I asked for a photo after a few days, the price cut by almost 2/3rds!
Seller had picked it out of a closeout at a pawn shop. Many awful details that made it seem like it may have been a homeless bike before being pawned!
But it cleaned up pretty well, and with a bunch of swapped parts seems like an interesting sub hundred dollar ride!
1997 Softride Norwester
Before: