Hi,
following the acquisition of a Specialized Rockhopper from '91 and a lovely discussion as to what type of shifting I shall put on, I will try'n document the build progress in this thread. I hope that is okay - if mods don't allow such shameless self promotion (
) please feel free to delete this.
Frame seems to be in quite good condition, just needs proper clean and shine to make it sparkle.
W/o further ado, here goes: Pic of the bike as bought:
Rockhopper in his dusty state as aquired
Stripped the bike down to the frame and removed everything to get the frame cleaned and buffed up with some car wax. While seatpost and quill stem came off no problem, as expected BB gave (and still gives) me troubles. The non-drive side was easily loosened and removed, despite some rust build up in the BB-shell. The drive side hower, won't budge. Will take it to a bikeshop to get the drive side cup loosened/removed
Stuck drive side BB shell. (frame still needs to be washed and polished)
Aight, that's the progress so far. Hope that's something all of you are interested in. Will update in due course.
Peace!