My bike is not Vintage!! Right??!!

That looks sweet, super good quality, but I agree, it does look slightly on the vintage side, nothing wrong with that though!

Definitely vintage. I’d say mid 90s. The Mag 21, old-school center-pull cantilever brakes and the bar ends are the classic vintage giveaways. The seatpost fanny pack is a vintage flag as well (we all had them at some point in our biking careers). Your Specialized looks nearly identical to my 1995 GT Karakoram. I even had grey tires on it too. Your StumpJumper is a great bike, I hope you get another decade worth of riding out of it!

Darn! I guess this means I should submit a request with Walker and Steve for a new forum called Vintage Bikes for Vintage Riders.

MTBikeAZ, you were right on target. The bike is a stock 1995 Specialized StumpJumper M2 FS, except for the seatpost and saddle, bar ends, fanny pack, and of course, the rider.

I am quite a bit more vintage than the bike. In fact, sitting in the garage is my previous MTB, a Peugeot Canyon Express, which was a replacement for my Peugeot Urban Express. I cracked the rear dropout on the Urban Express and Peugeot had a lifetime guarantee on the frames, so they replaced the frame with their top of the line bike at that time, which was the Peugeot Canyon Express. I don't remember the year, but I think I took the bike for a spin with Henri Desgrange. :-)

I'll take a picture of the Peugeot Canyon Express tomorrow and upload it for all your viewing pleasure.

Retro bikes :-) Old Skool. Perhaps you could convert it to a singlespeed.

o its very very very very vintage.........can i have it! lol just kidding it looks cool the only thing old is the writing on the side. go retro boo new

If I saw you're bike, I'd appreciate that you are not some flash in the pan rider who will be riding now but get sick of MTB and... that's it.

Some of the most experienced riders I know still have 10 year old bikes. They still work great, so why not still ride them?

straight up old school. definitely vintage. AZ's right -- the mag 21 and cantis are dead gives aways, as are the cranks. the only thing missing is some purple ano -- check on ebay!

m2 was ( still is ) a sweet ride. hardtails still ruled then except for maybe an amp or ibis bow ti (anyone else remember drooling over that oddity or am i just showing my age?).

reminds me of my '89 haro extreme comp -- raised chainstays, manitou 1 shock, girvin rock ring and all. it's since been adopted by my bro-in-law and converted into an urban beater. that old beast weighed well in excess of 30 lbs and took more beatings than an ugly step-child.

i have to say, i still have a fetish for some of the vintage gear, as evidenced by my proshift billet brakes and tech lite levers (think kooka rachas).

I find this hilarioius because I ride nearly the same bike. Mine's a 1995 Stumpjumper M2 FS comp. I don't have the umma gumma tires on it anymore, but what a great bike. Over time I upgraded the fork and brakes. Just had one of the X-ray shifters snap on me. I was shocked to see replacement XT shifters labeled as retro. Am I really this old? Still riding it 12 years later!

I have that very same bike, same color but normal (old school) black wtb Veloci-raptor tires. Does your bike have a tampo on the top tube at the stem that reads Mountian bike World Champion? I bought my Stumpjumper m2 FS at a pawn shop last year for, are you sitting down, $150. I overhauled everything and it rides just as smooth as my Giant Cadex CFR road bike. I am trying to find as much information as I can about my bike, especially the year and the original selling price (approx.). Any help you can give me would be great! Thanks.

I have a 1996 Stumpjumper m2 pro. It's green with a Judy shock. I have the green ano bar ends and had to trash my veloci-raptor tires this year. I'm the second owner and bought mine last Spring. Yes, I bought a "retro" bike as my primary mtb. I couldn't touch a bike as good as this one new for under $1500 and was glad to shell out the $400 for my retro. I get looks on the trail, but mostly because they aren't used to a girl passing them on the trail. The geometry on this frame and the durability is "timeless". Yes, your bike is only as old as it feels. Mine feels lightning fast and makes me feel much younger when I ride it.

I have a 1995 M2 FS that I bought new as a sophomore in college. I shelled out $1500 for it. The beer money was seriously thin for a while. I have steadily relpaced parts over the years. The only original parts I am still riding are the frame and the headset at this point. I get lots of complements on the bike to this day. I am sort of at a crossroads where I am trying to decide whether to replace the frame and get something new, but I never seem to make the shift. I always enjoy climing on the stiff frame. I have no idea what the frame weights in at, but that is what I always end up wondering. Does anyone have any idea where this frame comes it compared to modern frames out there?

ever since i got my butt kicked by a rider on a classic steel frame no suspension bike, i came to realize that as long as the rider doesnt become "vintage" it doesnt matter the bike as long as your out there carving the trails

I too have the same bike a '95 stump f2 ms, its been a solid ride for many years. Unfortunatly, it has done some sitting the past few years as my beer gut grew. I was ready to start riding the other weekend and my wife drove our car into a garage with my ride on top the first day of our vacation this year.:( Fortunatly the only thing to break was the shock. Any suggestions on a replacement, and what spec's I should be checking so it fits on my frame?

Long live the 95 M2 Stumpy! I am still riding mine. This evening I am putting a Marzocchi XC 600 fork on - and over the years other parts have been replaced, too. But he frame is still perfect and rides like lightning. (Love long climbs with riders on heavy full-suspension bikes.)
And I get an extra thrill when I can descend faster than someone on a full-suspension ride.
Maybe there needs to be a mid-90's Stumpy club...

I love this bike!!! I have a 1995 stumpjumper and its the Balls! The only thing vintage i see on your bike is that fanny pack. But hey, you need a place to keep your pipe and stash. yours truly,
Die Hard Stumpjumper Guru.....peace outsiiiide!!!!!

Nothing wrong with your bike. i have one just like yours and i'm very proud of it. good bike ! utah bus tours

Good Lord if I could only be so lucky to get a decade out of ANY of my foo-foo race-ready $3,000 bikes I'd would be the happiest dewd on the planet. After only a couple years post-purchase I am relentlessly hammered by the industry-sponsored editors at (insert any bike magazine here) that my suspension design was great...for the trails two years ago but if I REALLY want to take my riding to the 'next level' I need to pony up for the new and improved (insert any 'new and improved' bike here). It's ridiculous.

You, on the other hand, show the rest of us that you don't need the boutique bike-of-the-month to enjoy this sport. If YOU don't feel like that bike is holding your riding back, stick with it.

Oh, and on a side note, the ano look is coming back. After the previous 4 bikes of mine being decked out in black from stem to skewer I decided to build up a set of Hope Pro II ano-blue hubs. Everyone is raging over these things now so my guess is that within another year everyone you see will be sporting some ano bike bits and your vintage bike will be considered retro-cool.

So keep on rolling but promise us one thing: when, not if, you pass one of us on our chi-chi multi-thousand dollar bikes don't laugh out loud. It really kills our ego. =]

thats a awesome bike. my untrained eye saw those front shocks and thought "man thats vintage" :D