So this is the Macretro Stumpjumper - currently mine, but the frame & fork were originally discovered in Edinburgh's Bike Station by velomaniac, and then moved on to clockworkgazz - his original build thread here.
Like Gazz, I built it up into a shonky singlespeed and enjoyed it for a few weeks.
October 2009
It's definitely lived a hard life - the patina had patina if you know what I mean. Surface rust was beginning to show in places, some of the decals were mostly not there, so a powdercoating was duly arranged and some repro stickers courtesy of gil were sorted.
If you've seen one of these Stumpy's in the flesh, you'll know that the original paint is fantastic - a pearlescent black that looks almost plum coloured depending on the light, but seems to change to an old-school brown on a dull day. The powdercoater couldn't get close unfortunately, so I settled on a dark metallic grey. Nothing really like the original, but I think it looks good. Very, very happy with the new decals too.
February 2010
Anyway, planning on building it up mostly period correct. Will be deviating when it comes to the brakes (shall be slapping on some Tomac Maguras) and may fart about in the stem / bar area too.
Like Gazz, I built it up into a shonky singlespeed and enjoyed it for a few weeks.
October 2009
It's definitely lived a hard life - the patina had patina if you know what I mean. Surface rust was beginning to show in places, some of the decals were mostly not there, so a powdercoating was duly arranged and some repro stickers courtesy of gil were sorted.
If you've seen one of these Stumpy's in the flesh, you'll know that the original paint is fantastic - a pearlescent black that looks almost plum coloured depending on the light, but seems to change to an old-school brown on a dull day. The powdercoater couldn't get close unfortunately, so I settled on a dark metallic grey. Nothing really like the original, but I think it looks good. Very, very happy with the new decals too.
February 2010
Anyway, planning on building it up mostly period correct. Will be deviating when it comes to the brakes (shall be slapping on some Tomac Maguras) and may fart about in the stem / bar area too.
