1989 Stumpjumper - icon or brick?
11-17-09, 06:24 PM
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I bet if you had a Trek 970. 
I thought I had some pics of my Stumpy as it was, but unfortunately, I don't. The closest I can get to how it looked stock is this one, with just the fenders added.
It's a great bike, but I still kinda wish I'd gotten the Stump or Stump Comp from 1989, before they went to the sloping top tube.
I thought I had some pics of my Stumpy as it was, but unfortunately, I don't. The closest I can get to how it looked stock is this one, with just the fenders added.
It's a great bike, but I still kinda wish I'd gotten the Stump or Stump Comp from 1989, before they went to the sloping top tube.
11-23-09, 05:54 PM
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I own an 89 Stumpjumper, bought new way back when for approx. $650. It's a fine bike that served me very well for bombing around the trails here in the Los Angeles area. Not too heavy, stable but nimble, and bullet-proof -- mine still has the original tires!
08-26-15, 12:07 PM
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I picked up this Epic model yesterday, what I gather is an '89 model.
Negotiated to $190, I thought "pretty good deal" for the 65-mile round trip to Sacramento/Rancho in my old truck.
Frame angles definitely measure about half-degree steeper than the usual frame of this era. The bike was used, but no signs of heavy abuse. There are plenty of small scratches and decals are a bit tatty, but the top tube looks weird only due to the flash reflecting oddly off the clearcoated carbon. Tires are new, rims perfect, drivetrain with only minor wear and that is a real buffalo Turbo saddle (original should have been black?).
Other than that, only the rear brake pads are aftermarket replacements. The stock XT pedals are nice, and the "BioPaceHP" chainrings are all three of the much-rounder style (only 3.5% radius variation, versus 8% variation).
I think I would enjoy riding this with somewhat of a pulled-back "riser" bar, as came on my errand-running Trek 830. Either that, or conversion to gravel/road! I especially appreciate that this model year had graduated to the 7-speed and Hyperglide cassette hub.
Certainly the absence of any seatstay-mounted brake gives a bit of the look of today's disc-brake wonders. I've noticed that a chainstay-mounted U-brake can give a very solid braking feel if set up conscientiously.
Negotiated to $190, I thought "pretty good deal" for the 65-mile round trip to Sacramento/Rancho in my old truck.
Frame angles definitely measure about half-degree steeper than the usual frame of this era. The bike was used, but no signs of heavy abuse. There are plenty of small scratches and decals are a bit tatty, but the top tube looks weird only due to the flash reflecting oddly off the clearcoated carbon. Tires are new, rims perfect, drivetrain with only minor wear and that is a real buffalo Turbo saddle (original should have been black?).
Other than that, only the rear brake pads are aftermarket replacements. The stock XT pedals are nice, and the "BioPaceHP" chainrings are all three of the much-rounder style (only 3.5% radius variation, versus 8% variation).
I think I would enjoy riding this with somewhat of a pulled-back "riser" bar, as came on my errand-running Trek 830. Either that, or conversion to gravel/road! I especially appreciate that this model year had graduated to the 7-speed and Hyperglide cassette hub.
Certainly the absence of any seatstay-mounted brake gives a bit of the look of today's disc-brake wonders. I've noticed that a chainstay-mounted U-brake can give a very solid braking feel if set up conscientiously.
08-26-15, 02:24 PM
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^ Yes they do. I'm the OP and that's what I did with the bike. Although I no longer own it, it was a nice versatile rider.
08-26-15, 02:27 PM
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I realize this is an ancient thread, but I had a green/pink Stumpjumper and it was a 1988 model. I don't think that color was offered any other year.
I only had that bike for about a week before it was stolen. My parents' homeowners insurance covered it, and the one I bought to replace it was red/white. The price was $720 for a standard Stumpjumper back then.
I only had that bike for about a week before it was stolen. My parents' homeowners insurance covered it, and the one I bought to replace it was red/white. The price was $720 for a standard Stumpjumper back then.
08-26-15, 02:33 PM
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I realize this is an ancient thread, but I had a green/pink Stumpjumper and it was a 1988 model. I don't think that color was offered any other year.
I only had that bike for about a week before it was stolen. My parents' homeowners insurance covered it, and the one I bought to replace it was red/white. The price was $720 for a standard Stumpjumper back then.
I only had that bike for about a week before it was stolen. My parents' homeowners insurance covered it, and the one I bought to replace it was red/white. The price was $720 for a standard Stumpjumper back then.
08-26-15, 03:11 PM
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1988 Specialized StumpJumper & Owner's Manual with price marked.
This is the regular (not Comp nor Team) StumpJumper that I bought brand new off the showroom floor in April of 1989. It is a Medium size.
It had been sitting in the bike store for about a year and nobody took it home.
You can see the price sticker on the upper right corner of the Owner's Manual--- $699.00.
My wife and I had bought her a Rock Hopper about 1.5 years earlier, and she felt a little guilty that I didn't have a mountain bike.
Or, at least that gave me a little leverage with her.
She said: "See if they'll take $500. for it."
They jumped at the offer. "We can have it ready in 20 minutes, can you wait?"
It is a perfect bike, I love it just as it is. Weight is 30 lbs.
They just don't paint them this nice any more.
It had been sitting in the bike store for about a year and nobody took it home.
You can see the price sticker on the upper right corner of the Owner's Manual--- $699.00.
My wife and I had bought her a Rock Hopper about 1.5 years earlier, and she felt a little guilty that I didn't have a mountain bike.
Or, at least that gave me a little leverage with her.
She said: "See if they'll take $500. for it."
They jumped at the offer. "We can have it ready in 20 minutes, can you wait?"
It is a perfect bike, I love it just as it is. Weight is 30 lbs.
They just don't paint them this nice any more.
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08-26-15, 08:55 PM
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According to this, that color scheme was offered in both '88 and '89. The '88 had a U-brake and the '89 did not.
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Discounting the future years and the advent of the first popular suspension components, I felt that the upgrade to 7s and Hyperglide was a monumental improvement directly into what we know as modern levels of drivetrain and bicycle performance.
The revolutionary "UG Narrow" chain that was simply strengthened and re-named "HG", for use with the new 7s Hyperglide cogs, was a huge contributor in itself to what proved to be Shimano 7s greatness. Bikes that can be tuned up with little effort and at low cost right up to this very day.
These are very, very good and versatile bikes.
Was 1988 the year that 7s Hyperglide chains/cogs appeared for the MTB's? (I believe my '86 first-year Rockhopper still wore Deer-Head shifters, and there was a 6-speed SIS setup that would seem to have had to have come the following year of 1987).
The revolutionary "UG Narrow" chain that was simply strengthened and re-named "HG", for use with the new 7s Hyperglide cogs, was a huge contributor in itself to what proved to be Shimano 7s greatness. Bikes that can be tuned up with little effort and at low cost right up to this very day.
These are very, very good and versatile bikes.
Was 1988 the year that 7s Hyperglide chains/cogs appeared for the MTB's? (I believe my '86 first-year Rockhopper still wore Deer-Head shifters, and there was a 6-speed SIS setup that would seem to have had to have come the following year of 1987).
08-27-15, 08:49 AM
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Discounting the future years and the advent of the first popular suspension components, I felt that the upgrade to 7s and Hyperglide was a monumental improvement directly into what we know as modern levels of drivetrain and bicycle performance.
The revolutionary "UG Narrow" chain that was simply strengthened and re-named "HG", for use with the new 7s Hyperglide cogs, was a huge contributor in itself to what proved to be Shimano 7s greatness. Bikes that can be tuned up with little effort and at low cost right up to this very day.
These are very, very good and versatile bikes.
Was 1988 the year that 7s Hyperglide chains/cogs appeared for the MTB's? (I believe my '86 first-year Rockhopper still wore Deer-Head shifters, and there was a 6-speed SIS setup that would seem to have had to have come the following year of 1987).
The revolutionary "UG Narrow" chain that was simply strengthened and re-named "HG", for use with the new 7s Hyperglide cogs, was a huge contributor in itself to what proved to be Shimano 7s greatness. Bikes that can be tuned up with little effort and at low cost right up to this very day.
These are very, very good and versatile bikes.
Was 1988 the year that 7s Hyperglide chains/cogs appeared for the MTB's? (I believe my '86 first-year Rockhopper still wore Deer-Head shifters, and there was a 6-speed SIS setup that would seem to have had to have come the following year of 1987).
