This Hardrock frame is made of Specialized butted CroMo. Sizee is medium/large, optimal fit for someone 5'2" to 5'10". Looks like someone once touched up the paint.
The goals were:
- Killer commuter (read: fenders) in terms of performance
- Look cute (nice color scheme and shiney parts)
- Be of no value to serious bike thieves (of course, cannot guarantee some methy tweaker will not do something stupid)
The jade green paint catches light differently depending on the angle — sometimes matte, sometimes almost iridescent. That was the goal. Looks like someone came along and touched up the paint with a pretty good color match but not the best handiwork.
Build
Full restoration serviced:
- Every bearing disassembled, cleaned, and rebuilt with fresh grease, including the shifters.
- New cable housing for shift and brake
- New cables for shift and brake
- New brake pads
- New shiny fenders
- New super comfortable Corkchop grips
- Silicon covers on brake levers for comfort and safer handling
- Tires: fat (smooths out the bumps) slicks (rolls fast) with some siping (anti-hydroplaning tech
- Shifters: fully overhauled. These things last forever and the shifting is never deindexed
- Classic 3x7 transmission
Session Notes
Multiple photo sessions to get the color right on camera. The dining room, the street, a hill at golden hour. The bike earned its place in the stable.