Recent content by masivatack

Wow Nick, Love the silver on that one. Looks like you are taking great care of it. I'm guessing the Handlebar and Valve Covers are after market?!? It's those little touches that really set it off. Thanks for sharing! -Wes

So I drive past this little backwoods concrete pottery store all the time and they have an ungodly row of crappy Wal-Mart Bikes out front. But I guess I felt lucky today and stopped to see if there was anything worth looking at. Nothing out front, but the bearded hillbilly store owner took me to...

Thanks, Elysarian... I have actually read a little bit of SB's take on mechanical advantage, but this is a much more thorough resource. Gonna read up and hopefully make the canti's work. Changing the pads is a must since they are probably a decade old and cheap to replace. I hear everyone...

Thanks, lrh!

Ha! I believe you may be right. The serial number below the BB says GR990324, which leads me to think 1990?!? Not sure. I am an obvious newb here, but have found a lot of help & inspiration already. Glad I made the decision to go old school instead of investing 5x as much in a new bike and not...

...and a '92 Rockhopper I also got this one on Friday for $65 and plan to upgrade it as much as possible. Its in pretty tip-top shape aesthetically and mechanically, but those old shifters are a little akward. Does anyone have any advice on where my money, say around $150 to start with, would...

Just grabbed this ol' Rockhopper from CraigsList for $100. I've been out of the game for over a decade, and wanted a cheap, fun, sturdy, simple (and cool looking) bike to crash into trees as I get my legs under me. Looks like pretty much everything is original, except for maybe the rear...