Incase anyone was wondering, I was previously "dubya" but for some reason I wasn't able to log into my account so I just made a new one.
Anyway, this is one I've been after for months. I found it while I was selling my 2014 Stumpjumper Comp oddly enough. The owner contacted me asking if I would trade my 2014 for his 86 Team but I had literally just sold, and spent the money, days earlier. We started chatting and he said he wasn't even planning on getting rid of it but if I wanted I could buy it down the road. Luckily for me he didn't list it for sale on any pages or forums!
Fast forward almost 5 months and I finally had the funds to bring this baby home. It was in about 50% original condition with a lot of DX components, T Bone stem and nice gray ano Taperlite bars. He gave me a pile of old parts including the original stem, bars, levers, pedals, M700 derailers, rear Specialized Sealed hub with original Shimano 600 cluster and rear Suntour XC Power roller cam brake. 2 nice pairs of vintage Ground Control and Ground Control Extreme tires, about a dozen old Dura Ace, 600, HG20, Suntour Winner Pro freewheels and random hub bearings and what not.
It's pretty much how it'll stay as it sits right now. Is mostly original again with the exception of the M732 thumbies, M732 front canti, M732 rear hub and HG90 cassette, which I think are all good upgrades so they'll stay. A new chain & cables will have this thing on the gravel again!
The coolest part about this find is after 31 years he still had the original owners manual, sales receipt ($1033.50 USD) and an extra original full decal kit incase he ever wanted to repaint it.
Sorry for the lousy photos. I'll try to get better ones of the bike in the wild once it's finished soon. Thanks for looking! http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/dubya ... sort=3&o=1
Anyway, this is one I've been after for months. I found it while I was selling my 2014 Stumpjumper Comp oddly enough. The owner contacted me asking if I would trade my 2014 for his 86 Team but I had literally just sold, and spent the money, days earlier. We started chatting and he said he wasn't even planning on getting rid of it but if I wanted I could buy it down the road. Luckily for me he didn't list it for sale on any pages or forums!
Fast forward almost 5 months and I finally had the funds to bring this baby home. It was in about 50% original condition with a lot of DX components, T Bone stem and nice gray ano Taperlite bars. He gave me a pile of old parts including the original stem, bars, levers, pedals, M700 derailers, rear Specialized Sealed hub with original Shimano 600 cluster and rear Suntour XC Power roller cam brake. 2 nice pairs of vintage Ground Control and Ground Control Extreme tires, about a dozen old Dura Ace, 600, HG20, Suntour Winner Pro freewheels and random hub bearings and what not.
It's pretty much how it'll stay as it sits right now. Is mostly original again with the exception of the M732 thumbies, M732 front canti, M732 rear hub and HG90 cassette, which I think are all good upgrades so they'll stay. A new chain & cables will have this thing on the gravel again!
The coolest part about this find is after 31 years he still had the original owners manual, sales receipt ($1033.50 USD) and an extra original full decal kit incase he ever wanted to repaint it.
Sorry for the lousy photos. I'll try to get better ones of the bike in the wild once it's finished soon. Thanks for looking! http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/dubya ... sort=3&o=1
