My New $8 Rockhopper

Well, I think I've obliterated my thrift store record!

Today I got a Rockhopper Comp for 31 dollars, but found $23 in a secret
compartment in the tail bag. *grin*

It's a late eighties I think with full Deore, including hubs. Not a single
chip in the paint believe it or not. The drivetrain shows zero wear. The
rims are groovy dark anodized Saturae's (Specialized house brand with a
neat round shape)--again with zero brake pad wear.
Spokes seem to be Wheelsmith.

Tires are brand new 26x1.5" Panaracer slicks, the Blackburn rack appears
to be unused, with no wear marks.

Freaky! I've been looking for an old hard-tail to make into a city beater,
but thought I'd spend a fifty on it and then have to spend another hundred
on fresh cables, tires, rack, and whatnot.

It's a size too small, so I'll have to buy a new seatpost--it's an inch
above the limit in the pic. Feels right though.

Eight dollar brand new Rockhopper. [does a little dance]

pictu
http://photos5.flickr.com/6883710_4c3601909f_b.jpg

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 04:02:57 GMT,
, maxo
concluded:
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It's a size too small, so I'll have to buy a new seatpost--it's an inch
above the limit in the pic. Feels right though.

Eight dollar brand new Rockhopper. [does a little dance]

pictu
http://photos5.flickr.com/6883710_4c3601909f_b.jpg

There's egg on the rings but at least it's the right colour!
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zk

In article ,
maxo writes:

Freaky! I've been looking for an old hard-tail to make into a city beater,
but thought I'd spend a fifty on it and then have to spend another hundred
on fresh cables, tires, rack, and whatnot.

This is obviously Destiny at work.

Congrats on a great score. (Or, 2 great scores.)


cheers,
Tom

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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:58:00 -0800, Zoot Katz wrote:


There's egg on the rings but at least it's the right colour!

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for an eighties bike I got lucky, some can be pretty hideous! (like my
black and hot pink Trek racer from '89)

I did forget how bizarre biopace rings feel--I'm a high cadence
singlespeeder for the most part, I'll have to halve my rpms on this sucker
to feel comfy. LOL

I did ride biopace during my two years of mountainbiking in the late
eighties so it's not a shock at least.

I do LOVE the old SIS shifters with friction up front and a choice of
friction/SIS rear.

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maxo writes:

I do LOVE the old SIS shifters with friction up front and a choice of
friction/SIS rear.

They're a lot nicer to replace cables in too, than the
(Shimano) GripShifts with the tiny, losable screws, on
my Norco Mountaineer. I've been thinking about moving
the SIS top-mounts off the old Bigfoot and onto the
Mountaineer, and dispensing with the GripShifts.


cheers,
Tom

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Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:01:34 GMT,
, maxo
wrote:

I did ride biopace during my two years of mountainbiking in the late
eighties so it's not a shock at least.

They're back!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2005...ch_csc_cervelo

(but 90 degrees off this time (again))
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In article ,
maxo wrote:

Well, I think I've obliterated my thrift store record!

Today I got a Rockhopper Comp for 31 dollars, but found $23 in a secret
compartment in the tail bag. *grin*

It's a late eighties I think with full Deore, including hubs. Not a single
chip in the paint believe it or not. The drivetrain shows zero wear.

Eight dollar brand new Rockhopper. [does a little dance]

pictu
http://photos5.flickr.com/6883710_4c3601909f_b.jpg

Congratulations! A first-rate find.

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Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.

maxo wrote:
Well, I think I've obliterated my thrift store record!

Today I got a Rockhopper Comp for 31 dollars, but found $23 in a
secret
compartment in the tail bag. *grin*


Where did you say this thrift store was again?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:39:04 -0800, Peter Cole wrote:


maxo wrote:
Well, I think I've obliterated my thrift store record!

Today I got a Rockhopper Comp for 31 dollars, but found $23 in a
secret
compartment in the tail bag. *grin*


Where did you say this thrift store was again?

Nashville, Tennessee, so you can imagine--99.9% of bikes at thrift shops
are X-mart bikes.

If I lived in a college town like Madison Wisconsin and its much higher
percentage of good thrift shop bikes--I'd probably have a herd of a few
dozen bikes --it's hard to say no, especially when you see a bike you
wanted in, say '86--and there it is for twenty bucks! :P



btw, it's cleaned up looking literally like brand new! I am removing the
hideous decals and the one on the bottom tube is being a pain. Any hints
other than a hair dryer & nailpolish remover?

"maxo" wrote in message
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btw, it's cleaned up looking literally like brand new!

What a fab bike! You are very lucky. What year is it? 1986?


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