Mike: That is one sweet bike...one-of-a-kind. Nice touch de-narding the U-brake for canti-studs... And I love the custom biplane fork... had me convinced (at first) that this was an '84 Stumpy...
It's gotta be a blast to ride... Peace, BB On Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:43:53 PM UTC-4, Michael_S wrote: > > I "know" a drop bar conversion would be great on this old Stumpy... here > is my Lugged "87 Comp with 46cm Noodles, Brooks etc. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/7089294979/in/photostream > ...mines a 58 frame with a 59.5 top tube. I did cheat a little as it was > missing a fork. Had Chauncey Matthews make a nice biplane fork with 55mm > rake for me and add rear canti mounts. Just a blast to ride. And great for > some off-road s24o's. > > ~mike > Carlsbad Ca. > > > > On Monday, August 6, 2012 11:51:05 AM UTC-7, William wrote: >> >> I've gotten a hold of an early 80s Stumpjumper Sport that appears to be >> practically unridden. Deer head derailleurs, specialized cranks and hubs. >> Lugged at the headtube and lugged unicrown fork. Super long chainstays. >> I think it will make a great substitute for an Atlantis or Bombadil type >> of touring bike. I'm thinking the Compass 26" tires, or maybe Big Apples, >> with fenders, and drop bars. This came from the Harding Elementary School >> Dad's Club. I could do a conversion and then try to sell it, but first I >> wanted to float it here to see if anyone in the Bay Area was thinking of >> doing something like this and wanted to have the fun for themselves. Let >> me know if you think you'd like the shot at this. I'm thinking that $400 >> made out to Harding Elementary School would be enough to keep me from >> building a bombproof touring bike out of this. Let me know if you want a >> crack at it. Here's the photo set: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157630935094690/ >> >> I am especially interested in getting out of doing this conversion >> because I always get emotionally attached to these projects and want to >> keep them. :) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/MFp0H72deQIJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
