Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Makes me think of the joke about the old axe that has had 8 new handles and 2 new heads and was still good as new.
You mean like this?
1998 Specialized Stumpjumper Pro
(Image stolen from Bicycle Blue Book because I don't have a picture of the original)
After the frame broke in 2003, Specialized replaced the frame with this
93590004 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
Even at this point I think only the front hub was original.
Eventually I got tired of the white color and it became this in 2013
DSCN0167 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
No original parts but it's still the same bike
And then I found something even better in 2017
DSCN0934 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
I think the crank was originally on the 2003 but that crank my be on one of my other "grampa's axe" bikes. Even the one above hasn't stayed "original". I just put Paul Klampers on it last night.