this winter i got around to riding and tinkering with my ’96 stumpjumper mountain bike that i’ve had for a while. i built it up for a rosarito-ensenada ride a couple of years ago and just used it as my riding-around-the-neighborhood bike since then.

i didn’t mean to make it a weight weenie bike, but after changing the front suspension from a rockshox indy sl (which was already really light) to a rockshox sid, i just kept changing things here and there until i shaved off nearly 4 pounds.

here are some of the components that made the biggest difference:

at this point it’s going to be close to a $1 a gram to go any lower, so it probably will stay at its current weight. overall the ride feels great and pretty sturdy (although i’m a light rider at 140lbs). this summer i’m going to pick up one of my road bikes that i left at my mom’s place in california and will probably take that through a similar process.