1991 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp

[agentorange]

This was another of those affordable great bikes that received glowing reviews back in the day. Sadly it's £799 price tag was way beyond my means. I ended up buying a new Clockwork frame from STIF for £230 and complimented it with the usual Deore thumbies, Dia-Compe brakes and whatever else I could find.

This frame came up locally in Bucharest for £50 with a few of it's original parts inc it's BX-23 rims. The frame is just the right side of needing a full respray but with the help of the catalogue I managed to piece it together reasonably accurately. Main expense was the Ground Control Extreme tyes (thx Jez).

It rides really well, a very naustalgic experience with it's nice whippy Prestige frame and 12cm barge-like stem.

 

[LongboardSi]

that's lovely...

 

[brocklanders023]

Yes, handsome bike that.

 

[G60MAT]

Nice work, looks great!

I have the same bike but went a different way with my restore...
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[tintin40]

Like it lots. Looks good

 

[clockwork davo]

I could deffo give that a home

 

[mynchiboy]

Re:

Lovely.

Everybody should try a Stumpy of this era at least once. Great bikes to ride

 

[scant]

I had 1 of those new back in the day. brings back memories

 

[mk one]

Very nice, the paint doesnt look that bad in the pics.

 

[xxnick1975]

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Lovely.

Everybody should try a Stumpy of this era at least once. Great bikes to ride

Thats so true. I know specialised get a bad press, but in my experience, I’ve never ridden a bad one.

And their higher end stuff is quality.

Plus it’s still true now with their modern stuff