restoring my dad's old bike. can anyone help identify the year? I narrowed it down to 93 or 94, I think
by Different_Air_9241
restoring my dad's old bike. can anyone help identify the year? I narrowed it down to 93 or 94, I think
by Different_Air_9241
19 Comments
Gimmee 50 bucks and we will call it even.
Can you remove the stem and seatpost? If not, that bottom bracket might be frozen solid too. Try all that first.
i would restore that so hard…
Shower it, that beauty needs to shine once again
should be fine beneath all this grime. this usually is a good conservative
Great deal but restauring it will take time, work, some new parts. It’s a complicated thing to do if you’re a newbie without proper tools.
I rode these back when they were new and can attest to it being a good unit. You will need to do some work but it’s worth it.
V nice!
Been outside a long time? If you live in the north I’d check the chainstays to see if they’ve split open from water ingress/freezing before getting too deep into the rest
No, unless you can’t get that seatpost out haha!
I bought a bike like that that needed everything but wheels, and based on my experience, a bike in this shape will not be sellable for the cost of the parts you’ll need to replace, and your time will end up being given away for free. Tires $80, tubes 20, cassette 30, cables 10, housings 10, chain ring 30, pedals 25, shifters 20, brake pads 30, bottom bracket 30, handlebars 30. That’s $315 for a bike that might sell for $250, though a 33 year old aluminum frame is ordinarily reaching the end of its useful life and probably won’t sell at all. Knowing that your dad didn’t ride it much may make it last longer but only you would know that. You’d do it for the satisfaction and education.
r/vintageMTB could help you out and probably provide some inspiration
You did. You need to demand your nothing back. /s
yes bc you’re about to spend 100 times what you paid for it to fix it up!
The decal font would be wrong for a ’94. The decal font and color is correct for the ’93 RH Base but the paint color isn’t fully right. Your whole bike looks to be the color that the rear triangle is in the catalog… but, the catalog has a purple front end.
Direct Drive tubing: [https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1008622-anybody-know-what-specialized-direct-drive-tubing.html](https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1008622-anybody-know-what-specialized-direct-drive-tubing.html)
In 1992 the Blue Rockhopper had yellow stickers: [https://bikerebuilds.com/catalogs/specialized/1992-specialized-catalog.pdf](https://bikerebuilds.com/catalogs/specialized/1992-specialized-catalog.pdf)
In 1993 the Blue/Purple had maroon stickers: [https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/15610-2/Spec_Bikes93.pdf](https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/15610-2/Spec_Bikes93.pdf)
In 1993 the front brake cable still went through the stem. In 1994 the cable goes through a noodle attached to the bottom of the stem.
They went back to yellow stickers in 1994: [https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1994-specialized-bikes.409584/](https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1994-specialized-bikes.409584/)
Yes! Ship this to me with $20 in the box to undo the scam.
*ring ring ring* -hello
-good afternoon sir or mam, I’m am calling about your rockhopper’s extended warranty
Update: must’ve been well lubed. Everything came apart.
https://preview.redd.it/ae5ld0arh2ug1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=816c4b6b92e715c77017b118f8fdc7241237519a