Was: British Eagle 80’s Now: 1991 Stumpjumper MTB Dadwagon

No idea, but it’s not light with the hydro brakes, steel rack and big steel bars!

Awesome build.

Damn, didn’t see this. I just ordered some 520’s from Planet X

Treated myself to some bullmoose bars too.

£20 is a bargain for a complete front & rear set, the arms are identical to 720s and you’ll inevitably change the pads for something better anyway.

You won’t regret the bullmoose, heavy but so comfy.

New page, new pap.

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Yeah that was my thinking!

Re the bullmoose are yours the Nitto ones? Or one of the 2 Planet X copies?

It was pointed out that the Nitto Version is only like £2 More than the Planet X with the current discount so seemed silly to not go with those!

The rest of the bike will weigh a tonne anyway and I figure it’ll be nice and stiff for front loading!

I have the Nitto RB901RX from Planet X, bargain right now with the 30% off.

First day ‘commuting’ fully-loaded to an actual, real-life job in 6 months.

25-mile round trip with 10Kg on the front, nice & comfy.

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Ace! Looking forward to seeing it with the p2s and hopefully without the canti cable hanger ;)

Peak functional machine! And yeah, when you find some spare time to do so, lose the hanger.

This thing’s getting a new frame, fork & some needlessly bling bits.

Frame is NOS 1991 Stumpjumper in a mad matte powder pearl blue.

It’s never been built before, so needs oversprayed threads chasing, BB & HT facing, and reamed/milled to take a normal ISO headset instead of a JIS.

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god that is lush

Thanks! Was surprised how cheap the frame turned out to be all things considering.

Had to accept that the British Eagle was just a tad too small for me, and the tyre clearance not as big as I'd like...

WHAT?! Where has NOS from 1991...?! Not that I'm looking, just intrigued

I'm as perplexed as you are. Was spammed to me by Ebay, I put a lowball bid on and ended up winning lol.

Holy shit, is that a stock colour?

Followin' dis

Yep, factory fresh. Looks mental IRL, hints of purple/gold in sunlight.

Wow, basically a holy grail haha!

Was the colour for the 91 Stumpjumper Comp model.

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I was watching this frame with interest! Looking forward to seeing it built.

niiiice!
sub me up!

I was watching that bike, way too big for me but so nice. Thought watch as this goes for loads. Great buy. And those cranks!!!

I saw this one on market aswell. Good catch, love the builds so far!

Literally no idea what I’m looking at here because I don’t know my MTBs from shit, but everything looks cool and everyone’s getting excited so I’m in 😎

Thanks for the encouragement!

Frame should be getting gently massaged into ISO-compliance this week, rear wheel re-spaced to 135mm, then a quick parts-swap build.