Sorry, I was talking to OP. People were telling him he had the completely wrong bike and needed to buy a brand new one. I could see that advice if he was going to take it on some advanced trails with significant drops, but it helps to know what someone wants a bike for, before we start throwing random advice at him and tell him his bike is garbage or whatever they were saying. I agree, old stumpy's are really nice for certain applications - I have a early 90's sequioa I keep meaning to build up and it's essentially a rockhopper with the canti studs moved to support 700c wheels and a few extra braze on's added. Really nice stuff.