1998 Rockhopper comp fs s/s project

[sparkybhp]

Picked up this rather sorry for itself Specialized the other day. Having now stripped it down I reckon it should make a nice light single speed conversion.
It’ll need new forks as the elastomers in the Suntour MG UL that are on it have long since perished.
I want to try and keep the original paint as despite many scuffs its not too far gone and should hopefully suit the budget theme of the build.
A wash/t-cut/polish has left it looking like this:

I’ll keep the thread updated as I go along.

 

[sparkybhp]

It’s been a bit of a saga but once I got the crumbly biscuit old elastomers out.. the original forks have come up ok, win!
I’m going to try some new elastomers - there’s a guy on eBay who sells them you can cut to your own length. Worth a try as they seem pretty decent/light-ish and will look good on the bike. Nice learning experience for me too as I usually shy away from working on forks..

 

[sparkybhp]

I remembered that I had some scruffy rock shox indy c forks and decided to take them to bits and see if I could use the elastomers from them and lo and behold they fitted straight in..

 

[sparkybhp]

…which allowed me to crack on and build the thing.
It weighs 10.8kg and rides really nice with the skinny Gatorskins. The complete bike has a net cost of £0 as I sold the groupset for what I paid for the whole bike and built it with parts I had laying about.
Another one saved from being turned in to coke cans and kitkat wrappers, happy days..