91' Specialized RockHopper Comp

This gray beauty has been my off-road touring bike for several years now, and has served it's purpose quite admirably. It was purchased new by a friend of mine in early 92' and he didn't end up riding it too much because of a knee injury. It came with a full Deore LX group, and several years later he upgraded some of the parts to the modern LX set up of the time (95-96ish I think). I took the front rack off for the photos, but normally it has a a full matching set of black Cannondale panniers that hold enough gear for me to be comfortably out on the trails for a week or two at a time.

I really love riding this bike, and I think that old RockHoppers are unfairly overshadowed by the StumpJumper, which in that time, wasn't that much better/different of a frame.

Nice bike there, condition is minty

what size is it? looks enormous

are you sure that's a 91? i bought my first real mountain bike, which was i believe that exact Rockhopper Comp with the same colour first year in U. that was late summer/early fall of 1990. got stolen and replaced by a Rocky Mountain Experience in 91.

brings back memories…

That looks nice, a real "workhorse" mtb.
I'm guessing it's been repainted fairly recently? And it does look like a large frame going by the headtube length :shock:

The seat tube measures 20.5in c to c, so yeah, it's pretty large. The paint is all original. It even has the "Taiwan" sticker under the Tange tubing decal on the seat tube.

I'm pretty sure it's a 91' but I could have the years mixed up. Or maybe they offered this color frame for more than one year...?

Very tidy, I have a few Rockhoppers at the moment. As some of you may know