Specialized Stumpjumper

MikeyScott19

Had alot of changes made since this first post so have a read through the thread and check out the second page for more updated pictures & components fitted

Thought I'd post up a little bit about my latest pride and joy for all you carbon bike lovers, I've been riding xc and a few races here and there on a small scott scale for 5years and thought it was time to upgrade to a bigger frame but kept most of the components from it.

So after a nice trip to london yesterday in the sun to pick up my new specy stumpjumper frame and wallowing about the underground with a huge bike box here we are a day later with the bike almost finished and dying to go out to dalby forest to give it a good thrashing

Got an XTR crankset on its way hopefully and an xtr front conventional mech too to finish it off, if I have any spare cash maybe a ritchey wcs seatpost too.

Also tempted to sell the fox f100 rlc's and look out for some shorter 80 or 90mm forks the same or maybe rock shox sid's or similar to make the handling abit sharper.

Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon Edition 2010

specialeyes

That is one sexy looking bike, cool chainstay protector, did that come with the frame?

aidso

Couldnt have put it better myself, that is one seriously nice looking machine. What was the overall cost of putting it together?

njee20

Looks good. You racing it at Dalby at the weekend?

The Northern Monkey

been to London and come back with a carbon stumpy....

Doesn't the big cheese live in London? Has he sold it already?

MikeyScott19

specialeyes wrote:

That is one sexy looking bike, cool chainstay protector, did that come with the frame?

Thanks yes it came with the frame

aidso wrote:

Couldnt have put it better myself, that is one seriously nice looking machine. What was the overall cost of putting it together?

I dread to think :P

njee20 wrote:

Looks good. You racing it at Dalby at the weekend?

If my front mech and cranks turn up in time yes!

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Doesn't the big cheese live in London? Has he sold it already?

Haha no I hope not

njee20

You appear to have a perfectly good front mech and cranks on there... you've only got until Wednesday to enter. No EOL.

Old Ralphs, not seen those for a while!

MikeyScott19

There is no front mech at the moment if you look close in the pics

I'm awaiting delivery of one along with a new xtr crankset so time will tell whether they come in time. I know need to get myself entered, got it ready to pay for on xcracer but going to have to wait till the last minute unless I'm 100% sure my bike will be ok and ready by thursday.

I like my old ralphs they were only used once at newnham park a few years back so thought I may aswell use them up as they are expensive tyres.
Got a new rocket ron or Nobby Nic to go on the front for race days though.

The Big Cheese

Very nice bike Sir, looks very similar to my S-Works. Not entirely sure what the difference is that justifies them selling the S-Works at an almost extortionate price...

Lovely to ride, fast as shit off a shovel and very organic lines.

I have just got some matte carbon easton bars and some Spesh Rocca grips (lost the bar ends but will leave it as is for now.....

Go and enjoy it, my health hasn't been too hot lately so I haven't used mine as much as I would like.

njee20

Pah! Go single ring then, I'll be running a 36t! :-)

MikeyScott19

njee20 wrote:

Pah! Go single ring then, I'll be running a 36t! :-)

hehe yeah I wish, I got to try save my cash now and sow up my pockets after the big holes I burnt in them. Would like to save up for a 2x10 transmission at the end of summer but I know I'll only end up settling for xtr or equivalent as I just can't resist sexy looking parts

thanks big cheese was looking at yours the other day before I got this and got all excited love yours would be interesting to see what difference there is in weight in the two frames and anything else. Nowhere tells you how heavy the frames are or factory bikes which I think is odd :roll: feels light as hell though and I know theres still plenty of weight to be shaved off if it ever needs it. I was just thinking about trying wide low rizers without bar ends at some point as I've been on flat bars on my xc bike for nearly 4 years straight.

The weather is too good to be true so I'm getting my arse off this smelly pc chair and getting out into the bramble and fern bushes of yorkshire right now seen as I got the day off

MikeyScott19

new xtr cranks arrived today but the bolt for the non drive side arm was missing

The Big Cheese

Top cranks there, not the lightest but by far the best looking still, and they are robust with a good strength to weight ratio......

Got a pic of the bolt that's missing? DId you buy 2nd hand (they can be purchased aftermarket)

Are you running the BB31 interface on the BB?

MikeyScott19

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=20859

thats the bolt I need, struggling to find it anywhere online that has them instock as its not the kind of thing many lbs would have

the cranks were nib bought from a private seller on here, he's checking if he has it when he gets home in next few days from being abroad but I need to have a bolt sorted by the weekend really as I hope to race in the dalby brit national on sunday,

Also need the 2.5mm spacer for the press fit bb on the frame so the cranks are correctly spaced. No idea where to get one of those quickly either without buying another bb

Whats the BB31 interface? lol sorry if I'm being stupid my blonde hair is starting to bleach int he sun :roll:

The Big Cheese

MikeyScott19 wrote:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20859

thats the bolt I need, struggling to find it anywhere online that has them instock as its not the kind of thing many lbs would have

the cranks were nib bought from a private seller on here, he's checking if he has it when he gets home in next few days from being abroad but I need to have a bolt sorted by the weekend really as I hope to race in the dalby brit national on sunday,

Also need the 2.5mm spacer for the press fit bb on the frame so the cranks are correctly spaced. No idea where to get one of those quickly either without buying another bb

Whats the BB31 interface? lol sorry if I'm being stupid my blonde hair is starting to bleach int he sun :roll:

It's just the name of the Shimano Compatible BB (BB91) that you have to use to run shimano cranks on the Spesh frames....

Phone your spesh dealer to obtain the spacer, although there was a six month wait for the BBs..... shame you'rs didnt come with the spacer..

njee20

That frame has OSBB, which is like BB30, but subtly different. About the only cranks than do work with the press-fit bearings are the Spesh/Lightning ones. Everything else you have to use the adapter cups, as you're doing.

Talk to Spesh warranty about a spacer, they're very good.

The Big Cheese

only place I could find them online (£18 shipping from the states!!! :shock: )

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Shimano-XTR-M970- ... 3a6286b98d

njee20

Petra Cycles always list spares, but any Madison dealer can get one, post free, in a couple of days. Just get the exploded parts diagram and get the code.

MikeyScott19

yeah at that price from the states I may aswell buy a silly yumeya bolt but that is a rediculous price for one silly bolt

njee20

The part number appears to be 1H5 9804, about £12, widely available. Google's a great thing :-)

MikeyScott19

I can't see any sites that show it as 'instock' :shock:

njee20

Hmmm, just checked the trade site, Madison are out of stock. Why didn't the seller have it?

MikeyScott19

he said he'd have a look for it... but I need to be sure I'll have one for the weekend before I enter the race tomorrow...

MikeyScott19

thought I'd put a little update up, still not got the much needed bolt for my xtr cranks to get them fitted

Got my new set of dt swiss forks today and fitted them when I finished work so that makes up for it

Ready for a real ride tomorrow now! Will see how they compare to my fox f100's, expecting abit more flex and less stable but they are 400g lighter!

knightrider3000

damn ur bike is too sexy that i realise u did not hv a front mech.

road_donut

mmmmmmm sweet ride 8)

EarlofBarnet

Absolutely stunning that. Don't think they get any better than that. The DT forks look a work of art.

ianrams

That is one awesome looking bike. What is the weight of it?

MikeyScott19

thanks guys

the weight of the bike is 9.6kg ianrams

took the bike out to dalby last weekend and covered 50km of the trails and it felt excellent never got tired of riding it, I could just keep going and going without getting tired

MikeyScott19

here's another update, got the XTR nondriveside crank bolt sorted awhile back thanks to crc.

Just last week I've fitted a new set of White Avid Elixir CR's that replaced the Juicy Carbons & put on order a sram redwin red XO rear mech & shifters to match.

Had some good rides up at hamsterly, stainburn forest, dalby forest for the wold cup round & raced the dalby dare and had fun doing the red route a week before.

chrisjnr19

Man, now that is a pretty thing!
I have similair colours to your own on a white frame, something that has slightly bemused me though, why get SRAM X0 shifters when you've got XTR's; is it simply for colour?
If so I'll gladly take those hideous abominations of shifters off your hands at no charge

How much would you want for the XTR shifters, I'd quite like to replace my X0's with them...
Oh and I want your forks! Bloody pricey at nearly a grand though