Re: 1993 Stumpjumper project
Hi mate
I have had a good few Stumpies over the years and sadly I don't have my dealers catalogues anymore but I can give a few observations from my experience.
The serial numbers don't mean much on these old Stumpies as it was only ever the S Works that ran in a proper order as Stumpies were made in several places depending on tubesets used.
The 93 model you had the link to in the other thread is running a 1 inch headset, have not seen a 1 inch headset pre 95 on any Stumpy. Standard Specialized equipment was 1 inch Aheadsets throughout the range. The A headset I offered was original from my 1994.
In the pics yours looks to have the slightly larger diameter steel down tube and top tube that was introduced in 1995, which would correspond to your headtube. The down tube and top tube were increased in diameter to match and beef up the now larger head tube.
I could be wrong about your tubes and it could just be the pics and the way I am seeing it. I can measure my 1994 tomorrow and see if it matches, but basically should be the same as the seat tube.
The noodle for the brake was used from 1990 through to 1995/6 on steel Stumpies from memory.
I was just pointing out the obvious and didn't mean to cause you confusion or be a pain in the arse, but if Specialised didn't have a 1 & 1/8th head tube until 95 I can't see how this is a 93 model.
Here is a couple of really old pics of my 94 (red) and my 95 (blue) you can maybe see the difference in the tube diameters. I can't remember off the top of my head what the increase was in tube diameter but it was only very slight but enough to give it a more solid look, less of a skinny frame whippet type of the earlier one.
Anyway, that's my take on it and thought you might find it interesting.
Cheers
Jamie
Jamie
