Specialized Stumpjumper found in Dumpster!
05-20-20, 10:07 PM
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I took it to the local Bike Shop today for an evaluation and estimate. He knew exactly what he was looking at...
He called me five hours later and told me he was honored to have been able to work on it! (Not honored enough to charge me less
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It rides amazing! I can't even begin to describe how wide my smile is when I am on it...I think I am in love.
Thank you everybody for all your help! I will enjoy this ride for a long time.
He called me five hours later and told me he was honored to have been able to work on it! (Not honored enough to charge me less
)- Replaced chain
- cleaned up and adjusted derailleur
- fine tuned the friction shifters
- replaced all cables and housing
- tuned up the brakes
- tuned up/cleaned up/greased cassette, crank. wheels
- replaced 10 spokes and trued tire
It rides amazing! I can't even begin to describe how wide my smile is when I am on it...I think I am in love.
Thank you everybody for all your help! I will enjoy this ride for a long time.
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05-21-20, 01:33 PM
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If it's a comfortable fit sounds like the $120 or so you have in the bike was worth it. It's a $300 bike.
05-22-20, 08:16 AM
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Hang on to that LBS. A lot of shops look down their noses at the prospect of working on bikes like this, so any place where they consider it an 'honor" is worth going back to.
No surprise that it didn't need any other driveline replacements. What happened with the spokes is a typical result of simple maladjustment. For future reference, it's best to check the shifting with the bike on a stand before riding it for the first time. Or if you can't do that, don't shift to the smallest or largest cogs during the first ride. So keep an eye on the rear derailleur adjustment. The bike was originally shipped with a "dork disc" spoke protector between the freewheel and the spokes. Most likely it was plastic, and dried up and cracked and fell off. They're often heaped with scorn, but they can save your spokes.
Those Deer Head derailleurs are highly sought after, even with a little rash. So it was money well spent getting it repaired professionally, getting the assurance that it really only needed "consumables".
Serial number seems to fit the S(1) format, which would make it April 1985. A lot of folks consider this a "holy grail" bike; the simple graphics, y-shaped four-bolt stem, Deer head mechs and friction thumbies are all icons of this era of MTB. The Stumpjumpers are even more desired than their cheaper cousins, the HardRock and RockHopper, to the point that we often refer to the disproportionally higher asking price as the "Stumpy tax".
No surprise that it didn't need any other driveline replacements. What happened with the spokes is a typical result of simple maladjustment. For future reference, it's best to check the shifting with the bike on a stand before riding it for the first time. Or if you can't do that, don't shift to the smallest or largest cogs during the first ride. So keep an eye on the rear derailleur adjustment. The bike was originally shipped with a "dork disc" spoke protector between the freewheel and the spokes. Most likely it was plastic, and dried up and cracked and fell off. They're often heaped with scorn, but they can save your spokes.
Those Deer Head derailleurs are highly sought after, even with a little rash. So it was money well spent getting it repaired professionally, getting the assurance that it really only needed "consumables".
Serial number seems to fit the S(1) format, which would make it April 1985. A lot of folks consider this a "holy grail" bike; the simple graphics, y-shaped four-bolt stem, Deer head mechs and friction thumbies are all icons of this era of MTB. The Stumpjumpers are even more desired than their cheaper cousins, the HardRock and RockHopper, to the point that we often refer to the disproportionally higher asking price as the "Stumpy tax".
05-22-20, 11:07 AM
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OK, sorry to throw a little shade on this, but stolen bikes get thrown into dumpsters a lot or randomly discarded. I am not saying this bike was stolen.
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05-22-20, 04:24 PM
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Hang on to that LBS. A lot of shops look down their noses at the prospect of working on bikes like this, so any place where they consider it an 'honor" is worth going back to.
No surprise that it didn't need any other driveline replacements. What happened with the spokes is a typical result of simple maladjustment. For future reference, it's best to check the shifting with the bike on a stand before riding it for the first time. Or if you can't do that, don't shift to the smallest or largest cogs during the first ride. So keep an eye on the rear derailleur adjustment. The bike was originally shipped with a "dork disc" spoke protector between the freewheel and the spokes. Most likely it was plastic, and dried up and cracked and fell off. They're often heaped with scorn, but they can save your spokes.
Those Deer Head derailleurs are highly sought after, even with a little rash. So it was money well spent getting it repaired professionally, getting the assurance that it really only needed "consumables".
Serial number seems to fit the S(1) format, which would make it April 1985. A lot of folks consider this a "holy grail" bike; the simple graphics, y-shaped four-bolt stem, Deer head mechs and friction thumbies are all icons of this era of MTB. The Stumpjumpers are even more desired than their cheaper cousins, the HardRock and RockHopper, to the point that we often refer to the disproportionally higher asking price as the "Stumpy tax".
No surprise that it didn't need any other driveline replacements. What happened with the spokes is a typical result of simple maladjustment. For future reference, it's best to check the shifting with the bike on a stand before riding it for the first time. Or if you can't do that, don't shift to the smallest or largest cogs during the first ride. So keep an eye on the rear derailleur adjustment. The bike was originally shipped with a "dork disc" spoke protector between the freewheel and the spokes. Most likely it was plastic, and dried up and cracked and fell off. They're often heaped with scorn, but they can save your spokes.
Those Deer Head derailleurs are highly sought after, even with a little rash. So it was money well spent getting it repaired professionally, getting the assurance that it really only needed "consumables".
Serial number seems to fit the S(1) format, which would make it April 1985. A lot of folks consider this a "holy grail" bike; the simple graphics, y-shaped four-bolt stem, Deer head mechs and friction thumbies are all icons of this era of MTB. The Stumpjumpers are even more desired than their cheaper cousins, the HardRock and RockHopper, to the point that we often refer to the disproportionally higher asking price as the "Stumpy tax".
05-22-20, 04:37 PM
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05-22-20, 06:03 PM
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You probably just need to tune it up and adjust the derailleurs, and replace the chain and the broken spokes. The cables are probably ok if they are still connected, doubt they have been used much,
05-22-20, 09:44 PM
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And where are you going to donate it. Many places you could donate it are closed, and so are many dumps.
And a lot of places won't allow you to put stuff out with a free sign on it.
The OP got themselves a nice bike for under $150. Maybe even less.
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05-22-20, 10:08 PM
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I took it to the local Bike Shop today for an evaluation and estimate. He knew exactly what he was looking at...
He called me five hours later and told me he was honored to have been able to work on it! (Not honored enough to charge me less
)- Replaced chain
- cleaned up and adjusted derailleur
- fine tuned the friction shifters
- replaced all cables and housing
- tuned up the brakes
- tuned up/cleaned up/greased cassette, crank. wheels
- replaced 10 spokes and trued tire
It rides amazing! I can't even begin to describe how wide my smile is when I am on it...I think I am in love.
Thank you everybody for all your help! I will enjoy this ride for a long time.
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05-23-20, 04:07 PM
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I am amazed at the bikes that are pulled out of dumpsters. This Specialized Ground Control A1 and Gary Fisher Aquila were pulled out of a dumpster one day by my daughter.
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05-23-20, 04:12 PM
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The Gary Fisher was the find, but for free I would have taken them both. I have had one dumpster find in 10 years. People aren't this dumb around here, well sort of.......
05-27-20, 08:20 PM
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Ride it...enjoy it? Fix it.
I don’t see anything significant that can’t be fixed cheap enough.
1. There’s a seller on eBay that sells entire Jagwire kits for $16 shipped out of Heyward CA, I think.
2. Spend a bit on a saddle, but adjust yours first and see what is comfortable or not.
3. If the tires are holding air and have no dry rot, they are fine until you decide where you want to ride this.
4. If changing cables, check the pads. Chains are cheap on eBay. KmC is good.
5. watch videos and ask questions in the C and V and enjoy the journey of fixing your own bike! The more you do, the more you CAN!
6. Ask around about great shops in your area.
if you buy a few tubes and tires, they might install them while tuning the wheel and checking the rear derailleur.
1. There’s a seller on eBay that sells entire Jagwire kits for $16 shipped out of Heyward CA, I think.
2. Spend a bit on a saddle, but adjust yours first and see what is comfortable or not.
3. If the tires are holding air and have no dry rot, they are fine until you decide where you want to ride this.
4. If changing cables, check the pads. Chains are cheap on eBay. KmC is good.
5. watch videos and ask questions in the C and V and enjoy the journey of fixing your own bike! The more you do, the more you CAN!
6. Ask around about great shops in your area.
if you buy a few tubes and tires, they might install them while tuning the wheel and checking the rear derailleur.
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05-27-20, 08:23 PM
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Oops. Scratch the above...
Thought I had read to the bottom...
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where are these mythical dumpsters of bikes? Such a drool-worthy find!
