Old MTB conversion to monster cross??
03-21-18, 09:40 AM
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03-21-18, 11:12 AM
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I have an old trek mtb I kind of want to do the same thing to 
. Drop bars and and some super fat Compass tires.
. Drop bars and and some super fat Compass tires.
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I did the drop bar bar end shifter mtb conversion and LOVE it however I chose to go the smaller tire way down from a 2.1 to 1.75 as most my riding is road over gravel and 1,75 have plenty of meat.....Super duty with good tread for gravel and road.
If I had a clue how to post a photo I would.....
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I just put the clear coat on my old repurposed mtb frame today. Parts are all sorted and cleaned, build it this weekend I hope. I got some 1.75” tires to put on as well.
Gonna see if this gravel riding is as much fun as it looks.
Gonna see if this gravel riding is as much fun as it looks.
03-22-18, 06:20 AM
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03-22-18, 06:22 AM
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I did the drop bar bar end shifter mtb conversion and LOVE it however I chose to go the smaller tire way down from a 2.1 to 1.75 as most my riding is road over gravel and 1,75 have plenty of meat.....Super duty with good tread for gravel and road.
If I had a clue how to post a photo I would.....
If I had a clue how to post a photo I would.....
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03-22-18, 11:45 AM
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I am curious how the fit works out for you.
Mountain bikes frames tend to have much longer top tubes than comparably sized road bike frames.
When I looked into putting drop bars on my old Karate Monkey, I realized that In order to get a similar fit to my road bike, I was going to need to run something like a 35mm stem.
EDIT: I did not see the pic of your bike before. Looking at the super long stem you are running now, you are far less likely to run into the fit problems I did.
Mountain bikes frames tend to have much longer top tubes than comparably sized road bike frames.
When I looked into putting drop bars on my old Karate Monkey, I realized that In order to get a similar fit to my road bike, I was going to need to run something like a 35mm stem.
EDIT: I did not see the pic of your bike before. Looking at the super long stem you are running now, you are far less likely to run into the fit problems I did.
03-22-18, 06:18 PM
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i went a little overboard on my dad's old 1998 AutoBike classic....... i had most of the parts except tires. Not only did i convert to drop bars, i also changed from 26" to 700....... and installed 700x32 Kenda Kwicker gravel/cycloX tires...
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Looks great.
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I tried a 700 in the front, it fit with plenty of clearance but when I saw how far off the canti's were to reaching the brake track, I didn't go any further. There very well may be clearance issues on the back.
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03-25-18, 11:16 PM
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I'm running 700x32 in my autobike conversion. I don't think 35s will fit. The fork has PLENTY of clearance. I could run 60s if they made them.......lol The rear triangles are a diff. story. The seat stays appear to have more clearance than the chain stays.... If i could figure out how to post pics (again) I would............
04-02-18, 08:22 AM
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I went by the shop last Thursday so he could adjust the bars to my liking. Here are a couple of pics of the work in progress.IMG_0938.jpg
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Let us know how those Double Fighters work out. I've been really curious how those roll / perceived weight, etc versus Specialized FastTrak FlakJacket.
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Forgot to ask, what width did you go with?
Looks good, BigJW.......but I have same question for you too, BigJW..........what size tires did you go with? Also how much were those tires?
I went by the shop last Thursday so he could adjust the bars to my liking. Here are a couple of pics of the work in progress.Attachment 605656
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04-03-18, 07:22 AM
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04-03-18, 07:23 AM
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I won't have much basis of comparison since I haven't ridden any similar tires, or anything in 26 inch size in a while for that matter, but I'll be happy to let you know what I think of them.
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The tires are 26"x1.9". They were $59.90 for the pair through my LBS. I might have preferred something a little more gravelly and a little less mountain-bikey, but considering I'm going for monster cross and not just a run of the mill gravel bike, they may just fit the bill quite nicely.
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04-03-18, 07:29 AM
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Good pics on this page!
Nice to see some more modern fit style set-ups. I'm curious how the bars work out for you. I looked at those for quite a while before eventually going with the slightly more conservative FSA adventure bars. Now I'm wondering if a little more flare would be a good thing.
Nice to see some more modern fit style set-ups. I'm curious how the bars work out for you. I looked at those for quite a while before eventually going with the slightly more conservative FSA adventure bars. Now I'm wondering if a little more flare would be a good thing.
What do you consider "more modern fit style set-ups"?
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