If we want to go deeper, my first two 26" bikes were BOTH Stumpjumpers. The first was a grey one bought in Moab for $250 (????) out of a rental fleet at the end of the season. It had a dropped top tube, and people made fun of me for it because it was a "girls" bike. Whatever. I beat them in the local races.
The second was green, and I remember scoring a set of fancy (possibly Avid? the ones with the fancy parallellogram setup) out of a shop graveyard at somepoint to upgrade from the cantis.
The Gary Fisher was a Hoo Koo E Koo, and was the first bike I bought straight off a shop floor, new.
Aug. 6, 2021, 4:47 p.m. - Cooper Quinn
If we want to go deeper, my first two 26" bikes were BOTH Stumpjumpers. The first was a grey one bought in Moab for $250 (????) out of a rental fleet at the end of the season. It had a dropped top tube, and people made fun of me for it because it was a "girls" bike. Whatever. I beat them in the local races. The second was green, and I remember scoring a set of fancy (possibly Avid? the ones with the fancy parallellogram setup) out of a shop graveyard at somepoint to upgrade from the cantis. The Gary Fisher was a Hoo Koo E Koo, and was the first bike I bought straight off a shop floor, new.