Originally Posted by
Swimmingbulldog
My preferred road bike size is 21 inch. I know what you mean in regards to being to stretched out. I put drop bars on a 1990 22 inch Schwinn Crosspoint and it was too stretched out. My back got tired and I felt too much pressure on my hands.
Thats exactly what would happen with a drop bar MTB conversion --- top tubes are just too long for that and stack heights are generally pretty low -
thats why when you look at the conversions, a lot of them have a wonky looking long stem adapter (lot of rise) - with not much in the way of length
Someone mentioned just buying a frame from Surly or Salsa made for this and i would tend to agree ---- and Salsa Cutthroat is a great bike too that is nasically a drop bar MTB too