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Thought y'all might enjoy this one. This has been my money pit this year, Slopeduro retromodded 2006 Stumpjumper FSR Expert. Inspired by missing my 2016 P.3 that got stolen, it's the FS big brother with gears. Manitou Circus Expert 130mm fork and custom Spank Spike Race 33s on Hope Pro5 hubs are the centerpiece of this build. Chromag cockpit and seating. 4 pot shimano brakes and such. Went wild with it, may upgrade to a kashima fox over the Performance series I went with, this frame is a miracle size and modern 190x45 metric is within 1mm of the og SAE Triad. Been sending it at the local pedal up park, Berm Park in Canton, NC and getting in a bit of urban freeride in on my commutes, glad to be jumping again. (And yes, I've chopped the original seat post for park days when I don't need to pedal up, and have a PNW external dropper that I use when I know I'll be climbing.)

Went and got breakfast, then hucked a 14 stair for the last time before the big upgrade on my old Stumpy. I could have absolutely bought a new bike with what I'm spending on this 2006 FSR Expert, but I'm a 26" Cultist so I'm just a nutcase. Parts for anyone interested: its already on a modern Deore 1x11 drivetrain and tubeless minions, going to give a homie the og DT Swiss wheelset and TRP Spyres for his old trail bike. Manitou Circus Expert fork 130mm (straight steer tube because ec 34, but a near perfect geo match to the Fox Talas 32 stock on the bike), 190x45mm Fox Float Performance (somehow this old Triad bike is the last year before the funky Brain mounts and though SAE, when converted its within 1mm of 190x45mm), 26" Spank Spike Race 33 wheelset with Hope Pro 5 hubs (20x110 DH front, 135mm rear), Shimano Deore 4 piston brakes and fresh 160mm rotors, Shimano Saint BSA threaded BB. Keeping the stock forged Deore XTs on it of course with a 1x raceface 32t ring. Its already a surprisingly capable bike since it was an early AM bike, the Talas is 130mm max travel and the same axle to crown, I don't love overforking old trail frames for DH, but this I am stoked on as a fs Slope and trail bike.

2006 Stumpy FSR Expert. And yes, I'm saving it.

Hi, first post here, more to come as I heavily f*** with this scene. This bike started life as a 200 dollar Vilano road bike off Amazon (last photo is what it looked like stock after the ugly logo was rattlecanned). 1200 dollars later here we are, my "budget" mountain roads machine. I live in Candler outside of Asheville and have been bike only commuting and grocery getting for 3 months, logging a bit over 1k miles and 85k feet of elevation gain. Its 54 cm, aluminum with a crap steel fork I plan on replacing in the future, is now on vintage Mavic Kysrium Elite wheels, whatever budget rubber I have lying around (I can fit up to 700x35c thanks to mid reach road calipers), Koolstop pads, a Microshift Sword 1x10 groupset paired to a vintage Deore XT Hollowtech 2 crankset and 48t NW chainring. 25 dollar seat off Amazon that I can actually only say good things about, its saving my but compared to the original. It has mounts for a rear rack and I have thrown my Planetbike rack on it for bigger grocery runs. Its a bit heavy, its not winning anything, and the chain slaps a bit in 10th gear because I need a extra long chain to not explode the derailleur in 1st with the 48x48 chaining. It works great though and shifts smoothly.