I second what Pete says - Thanks for sharing.
Mates had posters of Tiffany or Bon Jovi - I had bikes.
I'm still sporting a full ginger mop, though getting ever thinner and more wiry! ;-)
Mind you, it's taken me 40yrs to have the balls to shave my legs... MAMIL - bring it on. :-D
Excellent! I bet it's sublime to ride! I was at Manchester Velodrome a few months ago and there's a pic of our hero on the wall of fame there.
A homage to Tim would be brill; please feel free to use any of my pics! :-) If you can't download them, pls PM me and I'll send them.
cheers!
Good on you!
This season just gone, I rode 4 events in my local Lincolnshire CX League on my '92 and '11 Stumpjumpers and had no issues with rules and regs - even got away with bar-ends. I was running Schwalbe CX Pros 1.35" and they were absolutely fantastic!
The only problem was the...
Those anodised end caps look amazing!
What a true gent! A fantastic community spirit and generous chap! :D
A role model for us all...
Many thanks.
Cheers!
Tom
Raced my 92 Stumpy at a local Cyclocross last Sunday. Was only retrobike there in a sea of shiny super-lightweight CXs. I came last, but had a complete blast riding the old girl. :D (Only last due to me being crap!)
My 89 Stumpy is for Sunday best, but still involves going up the woods with...
Sorry for delay. Congrats on winning the auction. Please PM me and we'll sort this out. What are your plans for collecting the bike from me? I can put it in a secure shed for a short while.
Cheers,
Tom
lol, fantastic!
Sadly, I never managed to get over as I was only 16 when I joined and it was too far for me to cycle over from Spalding! I know they used to go up there a fair amount whilst I was there (89-91). We also used to go to Eye pits, but it's now a fancy shopping outlet. That wet...
Oh yes, it sure is a Fenland Clarion top :-) I may still have it somewhere.
Ian Clarke got the MTB section up and running BITD - was a brilliant time, though short lived as I went off to Poly Sept 91. Was that Kingscliffe pits?
Bit of a poignant one this...
I've had my '92 Stumpjumper Comp since new; bought with insurance money after my '89 Stumpjumper got nicked.
1st pic was taken in late '92 at a race at Lightwater Valley. I was was riding in the Newcastle Poly MTB team, but we didn't have any team tops, so...
From memory (which isn't great these days!), I ran a new cable outer (came with V brake kit) from the rear-most brake cable boss on the top tube directly to the rear V brake "J" shaped tube; thus bypassing the rear canti-hanger.
Don't throw your existing outer in case you want to go back to...
Yes, put some Deore LX V brakes on my '92 Stumpy Comp about 10 years ago. They worked fine, but took them off earlier this year to go back to original cantis.
My first bout of upgraditis was a 2nd hand Deore XT short arm rear mech for my Deore equipped Stumpy. The current XT at the time had the "XT" in gold, so I got some gold paint and upgraded it!