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Old 06-03-08, 09:06 AM
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Help Identifying an older Specialized MTB
Anyone know what year the specialized rock hopper was pink and blue with the rear brake mounted on the chain stay?

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Originally Posted by Rio
Anyone know what year the specialized rock hopper was pink and blue with the rear brake mounted on the chain stay?

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Need Pics. My guess is somewhere around '87 to '90. U-Brakes weren't around for very long from what I recall.
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Specialized used U brakes from 87-89, with a couple 16.5" frames still using them in 1990.
Yours is NOT a 1987.
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Probably '87 or '88. By 1989, they'd gone totally cantilever, except for possibly a few models in the very smallest frame sizes.
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