Specialized Hardrock any good

CS2 · Feb 18, 2008

I've got a line on a clean early ninties Hardrock. The frame looks nice but the components are really low end. Actually, they're just crap. Anyone upgrade the frame with a nice Deore or Deore LX group? Is it worth it to invest the time and money in it?

Tim

cegrover · Feb 18, 2008

What do you want to do with it? It's relatively heavy, so you're not going to improve your XC race times with it, but it might be a great, indestructible frame for a townie or whatever.

CS2 · Feb 18, 2008

cegrover said:
What do you want to do with it? It's relatively heavy, so you're not going to improve your XC race times with it, but it might be a great, indestructible frame for a townie or whatever.

No racing aspirations. Just a whatever sounds nice.

Tim

DeeEight · Feb 18, 2008

Depends on the frame model (the 1993 Hardrock Ultra for example, aside from the colour is a nice frame) but some of them got decent quality (for the time) tubesets. And frames with good tubesets are always worthy of a rebuild/update if you actually have a use in mind for them.

CS2 · Feb 18, 2008

DeeEight said:
Depends on the frame model (the 1993 Hardrock Ultra for example, aside from the colour is a nice frame) but some of them got decent quality (for the time) tubesets. And frames with good tubesets are always worthy of a rebuild/update if you actually have a use in mind for them.

Not sure of the year. It's spaced 135mm in the rear with a 1" quill headset. It's steel with a 26.6 seatpost and a 28.6 OD Seat tube. The TT isn't sloping. The geometry looks very early Ninties.

Tim

perttime · Feb 18, 2008

I've been riding a '92 (I think) Hard Rock Sport since '92, mainly as local transportation. There's never been a bling part on that bike but it has kept going, with some drivetrain replacements.

Until a couple of weeks ago, that is, when the seat post broke and I remembered the post has been stuck in the frame for a couple of years now. I haven't picked up the energy to attack the remains of the post with a hacksaw yet...

What color is yours?
Mine is a fade from blue to turquoise.

CS2 · Feb 18, 2008

The bike is a dark purple, no 2 tone or fades.

Tim

Rumpfy · Feb 18, 2008

The less money you spend, the better.

robinmiller · Feb 19, 2008

The Hardrock was the bottom of the line, FWIW..

bushpig · Feb 19, 2008

If was looking for a decent do it all bike, like a Hardrock, I'd find a complete one in the classfieds, Craigslist or Ebay. Building something up is nearly never cost effective.

perttime · Feb 19, 2008

robinmiller said:
The Hardrock was the bottom of the line, FWIW..

Makes a good utility/beater/whatever bike, though, if you don't have to spend a lot of money to make it run.

DeeEight · Feb 19, 2008

Yes but bottom of the line chromoly frames from the early 90s were still made better than most mid-range steel frames are today.

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