Originally Posted by
Andy_K
It's a 1989 RockHopper. Everything but the wheels and tires came off the parts shelf in my garage. It's essentially just an instance of the old steel mountain bike recommendation above. You could make a bike like this as nice or as cheap as you want. Here's what it looked like when I first got it for $120 (plus new tires and pedals).

This is what I had in mind