Recent content by Broox

Jerky, Just to add my two cents. I have a 1993 steel Stumpjumper with the same dropout configuration with the same hollow triangle shape. The cable stops on the frame are in the same place as on your mystery frame. Also, my frame has a little pasta tube rear brake guide that runs along the...

I used to work as a salesperson at a bike store in the early 90s. The staff at the store had a few general rules to size people to mountain bikes. We first made sure that customers had 2-3 inches of space between their crotch and the top tube when they were straddling the frame. When they were...

Nothing is more pathetic than the ageing hipster.... I think about this too. I am 41, bald and starting to get wrinkly, my legs have varicose veins and grey hairs are popping up all over my body in the places where hair still grows-like out of my ears. I am starting to look like a senior...

1993 Karakoram Thought I would take the opportunity to post a couple pictures of my 93 Karakoram. I got this in the last two years and have fixed it up. I originally bought a Karakoram in 1988, but I later sold it and I picked this one up to indulge in some nostalgia. B

I have been visiting this site for awhile and finally got around to registering so I thought I would introduce myself. I live in the US and first got into mountain biking in the early 80s when I received a Ross mountain bike for Christmas. I was amazed that I could ride the thing through the...