Lost job in Feb, sold 2016 Specialized Camber Carbon Comp a week ago. It was the bike I was going to keep, but bills stacking high with two daughters in private school. New bike had to go.
A buddy gave me his old 2002 Trek, better to have a ride than not have a ride.
$60 in new parts and spare parts I had, doesn't ride to bad, much better than it was. It's not going to do advanced trails, but it gets me on a bike.
New parts: handlebars, brake and shift levers, tires.
Spare parts: seat, grips, peddles, bottle holder.
Forgot to take a before pic, but it sort of looked like this one. It had big ugly dial grip shifters. The handlebars were suicidal. Short and extreme back and upsweep. Not to mention 50mm rise.
1994 Stumpjumper. No rust, previous owner used Fluid Film on it. A number of scratches, but no dings.
Built it up using the drivetrain and wheels from the Bridgestone I used to have. Brakes came from my townie. Stem is a loaner from a buddy.
Shifters are Suntour XC Pro and the rear one is supposed to not work with that derailleur. To make it work I removed the stud bolt, replaced it with a regular M5 bolt and used one of those concave V-brake spacers to change the ratio. Works a treat.
Just picked this up yesterday! Spent the whole day overhauling/restoring it and managed to take 1 photo before my camera died.
1990 Offroad Master with WORKING FLEXSTEM. You could say this very bike was the predecessor to the current suspension bike. It was built around the stem which has a dampening system in it and allows the handlebars to absorb about an inch of travel. Offroad became PROFLEX in 1991 and started leading the way in suspension bikes (for a very short while). The bike has the full Deore LX drivetrain and everything is completely original! Sealed bearings, cromo frame, flexstem... This bike was the turnaround point for suspension mountain bikes and I have yet to see another complete/original bike on the web.
(will upload better/more pics of closeups when the sun comes out) Enjoy!
Hi do you still have your Off-road Master, if so would you consider selling it, I’ve wanted one since the early 90’s but I’ve not been able to find one
Just picked this up yesterday! Spent the whole day overhauling/restoring it and managed to take 1 photo before my camera died.
1990 Offroad Master with WORKING FLEXSTEM. You could say this very bike was the predecessor to the current suspension bike. It was built around the stem which has a dampening system in it and allows the handlebars to absorb about an inch of travel. Offroad became PROFLEX in 1991 and started leading the way in suspension bikes (for a very short while). The bike has the full Deore LX drivetrain and everything is completely original! Sealed bearings, cromo frame, flexstem... This bike was the turnaround point for suspension mountain bikes and I have yet to see another complete/original bike on the web.
(will upload better/more pics of closeups when the sun comes out) Enjoy!
Just picked this up yesterday! Spent the whole day overhauling/restoring it and managed to take 1 photo before my camera died.
1990 Offroad Master with WORKING FLEXSTEM. You could say this very bike was the predecessor to the current suspension bike. It was built around the stem which has a dampening system in it and allows the handlebars to absorb about an inch of travel. Offroad became PROFLEX in 1991 and started leading the way in suspension bikes (for a very short while). The bike has the full Deore LX drivetrain and everything is completely original! Sealed bearings, cromo frame, flexstem... This bike was the turnaround point for suspension mountain bikes and I have yet to see another complete/original bike on the web.
(will upload better/more pics of closeups when the sun comes out) Enjoy!
I remember when Girvin & Softride were the only cats around. Back then I must have been 11 or 12 years old and wanted one so bad. By the time I could afford a good bike let alone a aftermarket products elastomer forks were all the rage. Suspension stems passed me by until recently. I've had a chance to buy, rebuild and sell quite a few awesome old school suspension products. Only ones I keep are marzocchi though. They last.
The fork from this one is still being used my a good friend. He loves it! Miss the frame though...just not enough space..
I just found an early 90s, steel, Giant ATX frame that I want to build up.
I don't know too much about square taper BB's. I need to find a square taper crankset for this bad boy. Are there any compatibility issues I need to consider? Or do square taper cranks simply work with all square taper BBs