Found this on fbmp for $100 and knew it had to be my first project. How would you kit it out?
I’m on a budget, and my ideas are to make it my errand runner/bikepacking setup Swiss Army knife. Give it some TLC, go to 2×10 or 11, get some taller comfy bars, and possibly swap to a rigid fork with a front rack (sus fork may be a bit much for me). Thinking chrome and white parts for a creamsicle vibe. Looking for inspo, though!
by helovesbreakfast
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Mega budget: rear rack. But if you can find a rigid fork (maybe try a bike kitchen) front basket would be a good move and just leave so the functional components
This:
https://imgur.com/a/Hq3QecH
…find another Stumpjumper for it to hang out with!
Seriously though, that’s a great find. I’m really digging the OG Specialized Strongarm cranks.
Rigid forks are a good start, though make sure you get some that are long enough. I had some which were 460mm axle-crown (GT Peace forks) and anything shorter would have messed with the handling. https://imgur.com/a/xtG3Hvg
As for gearing, you seem to have a lot of the bits still on the bike (9 speed SRAM?) so maybe go for 2×9 first as the cheapest option. I run 2×9 on one bike and it’s plenty of gears.
Your plans sound good and make me wish I hadn’t sold mine…
Here’s what I have! It’s for chillin!
https://preview.redd.it/8lrqtaor049f1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b296d0a9ee8275b2870724118cdfdbd2610af0e3
Have you tried riding it? 🤣😆 I kid I kid. Doing a build now, maybe a new bottom bracket and narrow wide chain ring?
I’d ride tf out of it.
Jump a stump er 2
Is that not an S-works M2?
Pretty sure it is.
Rigid fork rigid fork rigid fork
I’d love an excuse to add a Brooklyn basket-integrated handlebar with bar inners to my parts assortment. Aero, ATB, cargo. Weird that the front fork looks stuffed to the max with a sort of small 26×2”(?) tire. Remove front derailleur?
I’d put a one liter bottle cage on it for my Nalgene and ride off into the sunset.
Nice bike!
Ride it.
Rub my wiener on saddle for several hours
Front derailieur for 1 speed?
Shred the fuck out of it!
Ride it
https://preview.redd.it/5tl3w8gx849f1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1767456869e4312541c9f200c2229bffb90ed044
Here’s mine getting its chain attached. I rode it as my rigid singlespeed MTB until the top tube cracked.
I had the S-Works M2 from that era. It was a wonderful bike. I think I’d put a rigid fork on and some slick-ish road tires.
New rear cassette, remove front derailleur if not in use.
Not my fave frames, but . . . step one is make it fit you. Lotta reach right there. OG race geo. You going racing?
Deore 1×10. Duh. Or 11 if you’re fancy. XT if you’re flush
Rigid carbon fork and a carbon handlebar because those frames ride harsh
An eXotic fork and a Oneup Carbon Bar would make that thing a very smooth rider with some legit XC tires set up tubeless. BMX tires with tubes as folks tend to do here will make that thing ride like an aluminum boat anchor
Be aware aluminum has a fatigue life and lots of those frames aren’t around anymore because they were raced on or just beat on. Look it over good and and don’t huck sick drops. If you ever see a single crack, cut it in half so nobody ever rides it and recycle it
Or tune it up and ride it and let the bike tell you what it needs
Slap a Surly Troll fork on it and get some Maxxis DTH or Holy Rollers in 26×2.4 and have a blast
Put a basket in it to carry all kibds of stuff, done.
Ready to ride.
Axle to crown on that fork is longer than what it should have. The effect? Slackens up the front and it actually has closer geometry to modern mtbs now. The stock geometry of this bike stock would seem pretty aggressive by today’s mtb standards but for an x-bike it would be a lot of fun ripping around if you put a fork with a shorter Axle to crown.
I’d get some more chainrings