Time for my old Stumpy to get the treatment. The only thing not original to the bike are the tires. I am the second owner of this classic survivor. It has never been ridden off road except for some packed dirt paths and prolly a total of around 500 miles. Will be nice to sweeten her back up. My plan is to roll with the orange in the graphics so orange cable housing it is! Also swap the clear wheel reflectors with orange. New tubes, and going back to a 1.75 tire with a smooth center with mild knobs. Off with the clips/straps and go with the mini clips that forego the straps. the original grips are foam and kinda dry. I will use lockon style foam as a replacement. A frame off clean and rebuild and she will be back in action but probably will put her up for sale. Just these subtle changes should really give the bike a fresh look with a touch of style. Excited to get it done, its been long over due!
There are two kinds of people in the world, "Those who help themselves to people, and those who help people!"
Surprised to see an Italian road saddle as OE. Nice looking bike, color and condition. Great to see toe clips still in use on an mtb. I guess the early-mid 90s was the turning point for clipless pedals to start entering the common market.
(09-16-2023, 06:08 AM)Sybian Wrote: Surprised to see an Italian road saddle as OE. Nice looking bike, color and condition. Great to see toe clips still in use on an mtb. I guess the early-mid 90s was the turning point for clipless pedals to start entering the common market.
Yup, I never really got into the spd pedals
There are two kinds of people in the world, "Those who help themselves to people, and those who help people!"
started the refurb on the old girl, while cleaning and working on the front wheel i just could not get over how smooth like glass the hub was even after all these years. So playing around with the spin test it spun for over 13min. before it stopped to reverse back and forth. pretty darn good in my book. Decided to go with orange wheel reflectors to add some color that went with the graphics. I am thinking of orang for the cable housing over black also. May roll with a nice set of leather lock on grips to rock with the seat too. Gut and start the hand rubbing to bring back the shine and put back to riding again and put her up for sale.
There are two kinds of people in the world, "Those who help themselves to people, and those who help people!"
I would imagine a type of anodizing, the color is something like aged copper brownish in color. I have seen this used on other 80s mtbs in the past. the stem,bars, shims are all alloy.
There are two kinds of people in the world, "Those who help themselves to people, and those who help people!"
A true mountain bike made for those who can ride without an ugly and heavy suspension and disc brakes. Exactly what I grew up riding. Also, those early mountain bikes were most adaptable for general use and road riding. Wonderful example! Thanks Painkiller for bringing back a quality classic.
Most folks cannot even imagine riding a rigid mtb (or even know they exist!); spoiled are they!
Take care,
Jesper
"I am become Death, the destroyer of bicycles." NJS
Could not agree with you more! what kills me are the people that buy low end bikes and somehow expect them to perform like $2000 bikes. Nothing more fun than ripping aa rigid steelie through the woods. My newest Mtb is a 97'. Bontrager Privateer pulled from box and retro modified to the hilt. Shame i have never even ridden it yet. My cup of tea is mostly mid 80s thru 90s mtb and road bikes. But pretty open to most anything worthy of a fluff and flip. Cannot wait to get her finished up. Going to jazz her up a tad but keep it true to its self also. hoping it all comes together nicely with adding a bit more color.
There are two kinds of people in the world, "Those who help themselves to people, and those who help people!"
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