My 1998 Specialized Rockhopper

[cycletothesea]

Recently acquired for a modest sum - about a third of the price of a BSO from the high street - something I can never quite get my head around! I think a bike like this is a work of art, a properly built, properly designed bike with great components and years and years of use ahead, unlike the £300 you can spend on something called a vortex or a velocity, which weighs 25kg and will last a year before going in the skip.

 

[fearfactoryüberalles]

Recently acquired for a modest sum - about a third of the price of a BSO from the high street - something I can never quite get my head around! I think a bike like this is a work of art, a properly built, properly designed bike with great components and years and years of use ahead, unlike the £300 you can spend on something called a vortex or a velocity, which weighs 25kg and will last a year before going in the skip.

Well, looks like someone getting the grasp of bangeronomics of retrobikes...nice one btw, is it made from Ritchey's so called "Nitanium" tubing?

 

[Gaddmeister]

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I had a 97 nitanium Rockhopper I bought new. Didn't have it long as kept getting bored and wanted something new!

 

[cycletothesea]

Yes, it's Ritchey's Nitanium tubing. Whatever that means, it's a lightweight frame and feels pretty good to me.

 

[cycletothesea]

Been loving this bike for over a year now, can't get over how great it is to look at and ride. Every time I look online at the latest adventure/cyclocross steel bikepacking bikes, I just look back at this and put my credit back in my wallet.

 

[Graham_hkr]

Recently acquired for a modest sum - I think a bike like this is a work of art

Totally agree, that is stunning!