The History of Frankenbike
I have a bike. It's my favorite bike. My last trip back to ABQ I got a ton of time on it. It's name is "Stumpy" aka Frankenbike. I bought Stumpy back in 2000 when I was working at Adventure Cycle and Ski in Winona, MN. It's a Stumpjumper Pro, M4 technology. Hence, the name Stumpy. Disc Brakes, well, they had come out, it was still more cool to have rim brakes. Stumpy had rim brakes, with the option of adding disc brakes. Stumpy came with XTR, which I quickly switched to SRAM Grip Shifts. I