Many of our regular readers are familiar with our current Murphy’s Law Project, but we wanted to take a few minutes to let everyone know about one of our other unique projects:

Something Wicked This Way Comes is a classic fantasy / horror novel from Ray Bradbury that inspired a whole segment of popular culture, from the self-titled movie to the Stephen King masterpiece Needful Things.  Likewise, we hope that this 1983 Specialized Stumpjumper can be an inspiration to mountain bikers looking for something both vintage and unique.  It’s a little bit classic, a little bit more modern — much like the resto-mods of American car culture.

1983 Specialized Stumpjumper

A vintage Specialized Stumpjumper converted to 650B wheels and a SRAM X.0 1x9 drivetrain.

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Basically, this bike serves as a proof of concept.  At the onset, we were looking to incorporate a few unique elements all into one bike:
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