Thank you so much for the help and all of the explanations on why everything would or would not work out. I think I will just save up for either the Mongoose that was linked, or keep checking out craigslist for something cheaper. I hope to ask for your ... more »

No, thank you so much for not just saying throw it away. This is the answer I was looking for as I was thinking I could upgrade this and then possibly save the parts for the new one, or just build one as I bought parts and threw them together. You actually ... more »