Old MTB Resurrection

[Brads]

Alright all.

As I said somewhere else ( I think) I came home to find this in the driveway. Left for me by a neighbour, not an unusual thing as I have a rep for faffing with old bikes.

Impressive set of dildo's attached to the front not withstanding , it's actually not a bad old bike. Mid 90's Rockhopper.

Started by de-cluttering

Anyhoo. Hung it up and gave it an initial degrease using Aldis W5 kitchen degreaser.
Excuse the fence, I have a batty old neighbour so am biding my time.

Started getting into it and gave it it's first wash in donkeys.

Turns out it has a wee drop decent bits on it as well, although only one Mavic as the front has been replaced with a cheapo.

Will crack on and see what I end up with and add the pics here.

 

[Spiderweb]

Classic old rigid MTB, great bikes, I have a Trek from the same era.

 

[ruffers]

Alright all.

As I said somewhere else ( I think) I came home to find this in the driveway. Left for me by a neighbour, not an unusual thing as I have a rep for faffing with old bikes.

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Impressive set of dildo's attached to the front not withstanding , it's actually not a bad old bike. Mid 90's Rockhopper.

Started by de-cluttering

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Anyhoo. Hung it up and gave it an initial degrease using Aldis W5 kitchen degreaser.
Excuse the fence, I have a batty old neighbour so am biding my time.

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Started getting into it and gave it it's first wash in donkeys.

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Turns out it has a wee drop decent bits on it as well, although only one Mavic as the front has been replaced with a cheapo.

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Will crack on and see what I end up with and add the pics here.

great work so far, can’t wait to

 

[ruffers]

** see it progress 👍🏻

 

[rogerzilla]

That's great. Keep the dildoes but angle them to match the stem.

 

[Brads]

Been at it again already lol.

All done bar some adjusting.

And talking of the stem, it is really rather lovley. Very Nitto esque.

It rides really well. A bit strange next to my Orange 5 factory but from a lifetime ago eh ?

Hmm to keep or to freebie away ??

Pub bike anyone haha

 

[Drago]

STC marks it as a 95. It became STX RC for 96.

 

[Brads]

STX ? I hope, never heard of STC.

I used to have a Scott with STX RC and it was brilliant.

95 it is then. Good enough for me.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice.

 

[Drago]

STX. The C was a typo.

 

[Brads]

 

[Gravity Aided]

Fine bicycle. I don't think you could match it with anything else, except maybe a Trek 950 from that era. Fine tubing, great group. I'd say that's a keeper.

 

[Gunk]

That’s from late 1990’s I used to have a Stumpjumper from the same era. Still in the family as my BIL now has it, in fact he has just spent a small fortune rebuilding and updating it.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

The Spesh frame looks rather small to me, yet the wheelbase doesn't seem exceptionally short. I'm not familiar with them personally - did they tend to size them small and then rely on long seatposts? It's a world apart from my early 90's 23" Raleigh MTB frames!

 

[raleighnut]

The Spesh frame looks rather small to me, yet the wheelbase doesn't seem exceptionally short. I'm not familiar with them personally - did they tend to size them small and then rely on long seatposts? It's a world apart from my early 90's 23" Raleigh MTB frames!

Sloping Top Tube gives the impression of a smaller frame plus you can drop the seat post for more clearance when doing a long descent (hence the fashion for QR seatpost clamps)