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You did @Repacker , thanks again! Yep, it will get ridden but only gentle stuff to be honest, much like my Xizang. I've my GT Avalanche and a soon to begin other Specialized build that will be given the more thorough workouts.

Yep. I've had it since new and it was originally polished just like in the GT catalogue

Thanks. Standard 150mm stem. Any shorter and I'd feel like I was riding a city shopper!

1991 GT Xizang LE

New build just finished so why not. More pictures and background in the link: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1989-specialized-stumpjumper-epic.481088/ Trailwright's 1989 Specialized Stumpjumper Epic

Here it is then at long last, the finished article! I absolutely love it, and after 36 years of wanting one it's happened. Thanks to the accumulation of mainly NOS and grade A components it's not far fetched to state that the bike is almost what would have come away from a Specialized dealer...

It's taken much patient collecting for some parts so that I don't have to pay stupid money. The tyres are the only aspect where it's now not possible to find good condition Ground Controls for a sensible price. It's incredible really.

You could very well be right. I found a picture showing how the '91 year models on sorted this out for cantis. Looks like some steel or alloy mounts were affixed over the carbon tubes at the right level.

I'll bet your lovely Team Stumpy is lighter than the Epic too despite the Specialized marketing speil. I was a bit shocked when I lifted it off the stand. It's way heavier than my larger framed Epic road bikes, but then they use aluminium lugs and the carbon tubes must be thinner gauge.

I don't know the reason why the U-brake was used rather than the cantis, which was what the rest of the range swapped to in '89. In 1990, both the Epic and the now introduced Epic Ultimate (cro-mo version) still retained U-brakes. The only other model to use a U-brake in 1989 was the 15"...

I've made some more progress with me black beauty and am almost there. The rear wheel took a lot of degreasing and fiddling about with washers to get the spacing on the shortened axle just right, but I'm happy with the outcome and it's not required any re-dishing to be done. I also mentioned...

Most of these sharkfins now come to us 2nd+ hand, and so the original packaging has long since vanished. But as I have a NOS one that's about to go onto my current build I thought it was worth posting these simple instructions that appear on the back of the pack. It's not something I recall...

You might as well go the whole hog now and stick spoke and frame reflectors on too. While I'm at it (or a tit if you prefer!!), you've put the toe straps in the wrong way - buckle out from the pedal not the toe clip. I'm glad I've got all that off my pigeon chest.

@Repacker Well remembered! I'm nearly finished my own Epic build and will get my thread on this updated shortly.

The funny thing is that all of our retro stuff was the 'in' product 30+ years ago, marketed to the hilt, and uber cool. When mountain biking started to really take off it was the local roadies that turned their noses up at us colourful posers, as we were definitely non-traditional. I got stopped...

Apart from the skewers, that's a lovely looking wheel!

I suppose it depends on how thick the carbon is at that point to determine whether it is a materially significant gouge.

Hi Adam, I have silver Specialized bars spare but perhaps the wrong branding for a Roberts

I love these frames, but this one's way too small for me...