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

Forks are very light for Cro-Mo unicrown with a long steerer.

Frame weighs 2.45Kg, made from butted Tange Prestige, which only goes to show how spooky-light Ti tubing can be; my Marin Team Ti in almost exactly the same size weighs 1520g.

Not that any of that matters on this build, but cute to compare before it gets built up.

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I was the only other bidder went crazy low

Reamed, faced & chased.

Still waiting on some parts to arrive from Germany...

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Looks beautiful, where abouts did you get it chased? Thinking of getting my rockhopper neatened up!

Had it done by Hackney Peddler as they could do it there and then; everywhere else had a weeks-long queue.

That’s good to know!!

Finally found time to work on this again.

Chamfered and cleaned up the freshly-faced head tube with a file, ready for headset. Filled the inside of all the tubes with Dinitrol, should help keep rust at bay.

Tracked down a pair of rare CNC brake boosters for the Magura HS33s; these will be getting stripped and re-anodised silver.

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Going full Blue Mug on this one...

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Sweet colour combo

Oh yeah, was long waiting for update!

Started building this.

Not sure about the brown walled Rat Traps... Too much?

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This is gonna be such a raging poncemobile #portraitmodeinanimateobject #bluemug

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looks rad

Very smart. The tan walls suit the colours. Maxxis knobblies for mud, tan walls for town.

Thanks! Gonna try a pair of all-black Billy Bonkers, just got a feeling that tan walls on this is a step too far...

Heads-up for any Magura hydro rim brake owners:

These alloy clamp washers are a revelation. The stock plastic ones get crimped instantly, making it impossible to accurately adjust for pad wear/alignment after setting the first time. These don’t deform at all.

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Absolute belter with those knobblies on, this going to be 👌🏼

I bloody love gumwalls, but I think the black tyres really make the pale grey of frame and saddle really pop, whereas the gumwalls makes it all look a bit washed out. But that may just be the light in the pictures

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