Great job, Zac!
On Sep 15, 2:04 pm, Zac wrote:
> Hi-
> Yeah, I'm an admin for the Nub City Wheelsters, MTB converted to
> touring rig group. My pal Jake converted his old Rockhopper to a
> loaded touring rig last summer and this group was born out of his
> experience. Thanks to Jim T. for linkin
One way to look at it. After a year (or sometimes two) the
Stumpjumper geometry would "trickle down" to the Sport, then
Rockhopper, then Hardrock. My circa 1991 Hardrock is pretty close to
a 1989 or 1990 Rockhopper. Of course, my Hardrock is totally re-done
so it is comparing apples to oranges.
Here is my 87 Bianchi Grizzly. I bought it on craigslist from a guy who had
been hanging it in his garage for over 20 years. My guess about 20 miles on
it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ken.mattina/BianchiSuperGrizzly#
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Jim G wrote:
>
> I had an '85 Stumpy Spo
I had an '85 Stumpy Sport that I built up into an all-rounder:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimg/146591937/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimg/251981201/
The one time I actually rode it off road (fire roads, 2nd photo) it
was kinda fun, but it made a pretty poor city bike IMHO. It was quite
heav
on 9/14/09 11:36 PM, JL at subfas...@gmail.com wrote:
> To bring this back around to Riv content: there is something I have
> been wondering. Don't these older MTB's, have high BBs? One would
> think that would adversely effect loaded handling. I am wrong in
> assuming that? Riv touts the benefits
Sorry, thanks to Marty for linking to us.
On Sep 15, 11:39 am, JoelMatthews wrote:
> Speaking of which, anyone see this new Cyclofiend Working Bike entry:
>
> http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/2009/wb112-cooperdragonette0909.html
>
> Not sure if Cooper visits the board here. If so, along with s
Hi-
Yeah, I'm an admin for the Nub City Wheelsters, MTB converted to
touring rig group. My pal Jake converted his old Rockhopper to a
loaded touring rig last summer and this group was born out of his
experience. Thanks to Jim T. for linking to us. Come one come all!
Here's my stumpy, or Nubster a
Speaking of which, anyone see this new Cyclofiend Working Bike entry:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/working/2009/wb112-cooperdragonette0909.html
Not sure if Cooper visits the board here. If so, along with saying
what a great bike this turned out to be, I want to point out that the
'Brooks style" sa
I bought a NOS 1989 (I'm guessing) Rockhopper from the same guy. Was
as advertised (although the build quality wasn't great -- it was an
"early Taiwan" frame). It was a nice package -- drivetrain (48-38-28
almost round Biopace in the front, 13-30 seven-speed in the back) and
brakes were Mountain L
JimT at Hiawatha sold me a fine silver '83 Stumpjumper Sport that has
become a good AR for me. Not quite as pretty as an Atlantis and maybe
not quite as versatile, but pretty close for my purposes.
I've used it with drop bars and fenders and racks, but its current
incarnation involves the lovely
when I had mine I took it to Riv and there was quite a stir seeing
that old vintage bike. I asked them about the geo and the steering.
Grant measured the angles and the trail and to a man, they said one
way to improve the steering was to consider a much larger tire or even
a LARGER WHEEL. I trie
Bottom-bracket-driven handling differences are actually much more
noticeable when bikes are *un*loaded. Load up some rear panniers and
front low-riders, and you do enough to lower the bike's center of
gravity that an early MTB will feel almost as stable as a similarly
loaded Riv, certainly when a
Thanks for the photo, Jim, I'm going to try the dirtdrop w/ my '90
rockhopper.
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Here's a whole world of MTB conversions to sift through for those
thinking along these lines. A nice old Rivendell was uploaded recently
- anyone here? Mr. Cranky?
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1058...@n23/pool/
Cheers, Marty
On Sep 15, 9:19 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
wrote:
> My SJ has
My SJ has a very high BB, which makes for good fixed-gear and
cornering pedal clearance!
On Sep 15, 1:36 am, JL wrote:
> To bring this back around to Riv content: there is something I have
> been wondering. Don't these older MTB's, have high BBs? One would
> think that would adversely effect loa
To bring this back around to Riv content: there is something I have
been wondering. Don't these older MTB's, have high BBs? One would
think that would adversely effect loaded handling. I am wrong in
assuming that? Riv touts the benefits of a low BB for improved
handling. I don't expect old mtbs t
The older Stumpjumpers had slack angles that can seem "really whack"
if you're coming off something more conventional... But once you get
the feel for it, you realize that these bikes can roll over just about
any reasonable surface without deflecting from a straight line. I use
mine mostly in the
I think most old suspension-less mountain bikes make great All
Rounders. Most people I run into touring have an old mountain bike
converted to All Rounder. I am not too sure about how the geometry
changed from the early 80's to about 1997 (when it became almost
impossible to get a high quality su
I have an '84 Stumpjumper, which is a lugged frame that still boasts
the twin-plate fork. According to the Specialized Stumpjumper book,
the early frames were made by Toyo. The attention to detail on my
frame is impressive.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:02 PM, James Warren wrote:
>
>
> ...and some
I picked this up locally for $225 or so with the goal of making it
into something Atlantis-like. Paying more, might as well go Surly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30684...@n08/3921989102/sizes/o/
On Sep 14, 5:03 pm, eflayer wrote:
> think the one i had recently was more vintage than that one on
think the one i had recently was more vintage than that one on ebay.
mine had the two plate fork crown. the steering geometry on that
thing was really whack and not really suited for much of anything.
hopefully the one on ebay is later and they upgraded the geo to work
better.
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