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Re: Definitely the Turbo! Great Bike, i abso-friggen-lutely love this Specialized paint job. :mrgreen: Last year i aquired a 1988 RockHopper comp with the same paint scheme. I´m almost finished, only minor things are missing.

Seconded! Really a nice frame and paintjob! I envy you, Stoppi! :D

My third and fourth finished SunTour crankset: :xmas-big-grin: It´s amazing that one still can find NOS parts after almost twenty years.

At least the 22" model had a larger stem (~145 mm). The C´dale folks even fitted a 180 mm crank and XL pedal cages with this bike. :wink:

Re: 1988 Cannondale 24"x24" Congrat´s on the rescue of this old `dale. Those eighties machines are way-cool stuff. The first "real" mountain bike i saw in person was such a C´dale equipped with Roller Cams and these Dia Compe brake levers. :xmas-big-grin:

XC ltd. is more or less situated between Shim´s Mountain LX (later Deore LX) and the Deore, Deore DX group. I would have to study catalogues to see how the Rival 7000 fits in this scheme.

Awesome, absolutely stunning, i envy you! :D I´m a big fan of those duo-Rollercam equipped bikes of the eighties.

Re: BoTM May 13- Kona vs GT vs Specialized Special - Nominat *gosh* my 1988 RockHopper probably won´t be finished in time. :cry: :facepalm:

Another mentioning of Suntour, not a weight weenie but solidly built. The top line winner pro does show up from time to time in the bay. Biggest sprocket up to 32 teeth. Alpha mid-range freewheel:

As stated before, unless there is something damaged within the freehub body or you want to swap an 7speed to 8speed or so you don´t have to take it off the hub body in order to service the hub.

Street machine, 1991 HardRock cruz: Build in progress, 1988 RockHopper comp:

I think, you´re referring to the little "fork" which protrudes downwards from the lower part of the clamping. It was designed to hold an adaptor with a cable housing stop, that was used on frames with continuous cable housings (no stops at the down tube). This clamp was the earlier design also...

I´m shocked that NITTO wasn´t mentioned on a three pages thread about this topic. :cry:

Cup and cone bottom brackets, either Shimano XT or SunTour XC Pro, both are top notch. I still drive them today. :xmas-big-grin:

Ball sizes are usually standardised. A good overview of common ball sizes is given on this german web site (self explanatory, no need for Google translation): http://scheunenfun.de/kugelringe-star.htm There are some differences concerning overall quality and size uniformity between one batch...

Re: 1988 Stumpjumper comp value? This isn´t exactly what can be called a "large frame", it´s probably an eighteen or nineteen inch frame, but Spesh did produce frames up to 21.5 or even 22". One question regarding the bike you saw in the bight; did it actually SELL for that amount of money or...

Check it out over here: http://sunxcd.net/ Surely, a small line-up for the beginning but bigger things may come over time. A photo hot-linked from their new web site: Thanks to mauricer for sharing these news! :)

1991 Specialized HardRock with Ritchey Tom Slicks 1.0:

Looks like a wilde variation of what Allsops Softride could have been developed into. :D And yes, i definitely like this design too.

KHS is an american bike brand. Concerning the frame; no Specialized imo, fastback design wasn´t on their shelf back in those days.