Replaced The Orange Stumpjumper

A couple of weeks ago, I sold the orange StumpJumper I had built up XO1-style. I had put way too much money into it, thinking I would be using it as my main mountain bike. Once I realized that I like the 29er better, I couldn't justify keeping it.

But, I still wanted a bike built up in that style. I like the look of it, and it is a great "around-town" bike.

So, I pulled out a tig-welded RockHopper frame I had lying about, and started raiding the parts bins and junk boxes out in the bike shop.

I had the Campy Racing Triple drive train which came off of my LeMond when I converted it to single-speed. Carol's old 8-speed Ergo shifters went on, since I didn't have any bar-end shifters.
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The brake lever on the right Ergo was ground down to a point when Carol's bike fell half off the bike rack, going down the highway. I took some quick-set JBWeld (the mechanic's friend), and molded a new end onto the brake lever. So far, it works fine.

The wheels are off of my old DiamondBack Voyager II, and the cogset is an 8-speed titanium stack from Specialized, circa 1998.

You can see the rebuilt brake lever in this view.

I ordered a modified military surplus bag, along with leather straps, from Out Your Backdoor, and installed it as a saddle bag. It was cheaper than buying a bag and straps, locally, even.

The only new parts I had to buy were: tires, tubes, cables and housing, and bar wrap.

I rode it to meet Brad, this morning, as we went to Wash Perk coffeeshop. Check the ACW blog for a review, soon.

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