Originally Posted by
Shelbeigh
I'm curious about this rumor you mentioned. I recently picked up a 94' rockhopper and after reading this form and doing a little more digging of my own I found that the previous years stumpy do look just these particular 94 rockhoppers but with a diffrent decal. I was curious where you pick this rumor up from and if there was possibly more research to read into?
This is correct. I bought my Stumpjumper M2 FS with the ceramic metal matrix frame in grape blue matted finish in 1995, and it was the high end of Specialized's bikes then. The Rockhopper and Hardrock were lower models with different components outfitted with Deore LX and such. My Stumpjumper was outfitted with XT and the first-generation RockShox Judy SL suspension fork. It rode well. Sadly that bike was stolen some years later.