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So continuing rapidly on, the hunt for the parts first came up with a set of wheels, a pair of Mavic D521s laced to XT M737 hubs. These were 36h and in pretty good shape. They would get a full overhaul and rebuild before being fitted to the main bike.
Frame hunting had me looking at all sorts, Alpinestars, Saracen, Trek, Diamond Back, Orange, etc etc. Really difficult to judge the clearances I wanted from eBay however so I turned to Pinterest and Pedalroom to look for examples of likely candidates to see what each offered. I decided upon originally a 90-92 Stumpjumper Comp as a) it was quality and cool, b) it had good clearances for an old f&f, and c) the semi horizontal dropout arrangement looked perfect for my needs. I almost pulled the trigger on a couple but I realised I had missed one small detail, Stumpjumpers lack some brazeons that the same age Rockhoppers have, so at the last minute I changed my focus to a 90-92 Rockhopper Comp. I still want a Stumpy but that can wait for now.
I eventually found a red ‘92 Comp with full Shimano M550 LX for good money quite close to home. It had lots of paint chips but is otherwise straight and solid. The Groupset and wheels were reasonable, but quite well used, and not really special enough I wanted DX really.
Pics of the frame to follow. It is currently stripped down having some tlc before being built up.