Yep. This one’s been ongoing since the late 80s when I couldn’t find one so bought a 1988 model (which I still have).
1987 Stumpjumper Team. Yes, it’s a Specialized, yes it was there in a thousand catalogue pics - but the 87 Teams were built by Dave Tesch. He and Specialized reportedly had an agreement/order that he couldn’t fulfill. And so they are hyper rare. Two I’ve found evidence for: 1. The catalogue bike. 2. A fuzzy pic of one that was apparently stolen from a guy in the US.
(There must be at least another out there - it’s the only bike left that I hanker after - have a look, cash waiting - over there behind the Studebaker project, next to the broken chainsaw, under that old tarp - no the yellow one ……)
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