preferdownhill

I built a hybrid from a felt frame and moutain bike gears:

Homemade hybrid. 23lbs. Felt frame. 30/46 crank, 9spd 11-40 cassette
I'm really pleased with the performance. Acceleration is excellent. It can climb 10% grades with ease. Upright riding position is comfortable for all day rides. It has 28mm tires, i wish i could put on 32mm. If i do it again, i might start with a specialized sirrus or trek fx, but weight wont be as good. If anyone knows of something commercially available or other conversion stories, i would love to hear.

Savi

The bike can climb 10% with ease - how about the rider ?

preferdownhill

A lot of creaks, groans and complaining, but he makes it too!

gmix

That looks like a great townie. 23 lbs is great. I just found a little REI Novara Corsa 700c for $8 that I am going to build up into a nice hybrid. I am curious what shifters/derailer you put on yours?

alo

I do similar things with bikes. Some tall people look for large frames, which may be difficult to find, and sometimes expensive. I often get inexpensive bikes and raise the seat and handlebars. I normally start with mountain bikes, and sometimes fat bikes. I am too heavy for bikes with thin tires. I like to put a rack on most bikes to carry things. With some of us, comfort is more important than going really fast. I did not photograph bikes I converted in the past.

I have a bike at present, which is a mountain bike with disc brakes and full suspension. I will probably never put a rack on it with the rear suspension. I have it set up so I can raise the handlebars a bit higher than yours, but I need longer cables first. I may post info on it later.

preferdownhill

crankset FSA 46/30
fd : SHIMANO FD-4403, Tiagra, its a tripe but limit screws can be set to use two
cassette: sunlite 11-40
rd: shimano altus sgs, RD-M370-SGS
shifters sram, I think they are sram attack grip shifter (shimano compatible)

and its not really meant to be a townie, more like a light touring bike. I'm regularly doing 50mi rides on it now and will be doing quite a few centuries on it when days get longer and warmer. on a long trip I really like having a rear rack. I have a side mount bag that i can take quite a bit of stuff with me. when its really hot I take a bottle of frozen water and some cold fruit. I can keep the water frozen all day and pour water from the water bottle on the frame to melt some and get a nice cold drink. its the only think that keeps me going on some hot days. Also, in the spring and fall when its cold in the morning but warmer in the after noon, its nice to be able so strap no longer needed layers on the rack instead of trying to wrap them around my waist or the handle bars.

Bill1227

Nice Job -