rilly cool "road-ified" ProFlex MTB

[wallymann]

http://www.cycleexif.com/pelagro-proflex

as a road-bike, the front end would work good (nice and stiff) but i'd probably want something with a rear-end that's inactive when standing (like a schwinn homegrown).

very cool anyways. never seen that style of wheels before, either.

http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pelagro-proflex-1.jpg

[oliver1850]

I'm still interested in suspended road bikes, but it seems few others are. I've ridden a beam bike and thought it would be great to have suspension on the front too. Tonight I had my first ride on a road bike with a Headshok. Even though I only went a mile (it was -5), I already found myself thinking it would be great to have the same compliance at the rear wheel.

I'd give that Pro-Flex a try, but the BB height might be a serious drawback with my 83 cm saddle height.

[thirdgenbird]

Is that slx shifters and a Campagnolo RD? What cassette are they running? Does something work without modification?

[wallymann]

Is that slx shifters and a Campagnolo RD? What cassette are they running? Does something work without modification?

yep, modern veloce 11 rear mech and some sort of asian trigger-shifters -- wonder how he got those to work together?!

http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pelagro-proflex-5.jpg
http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pelagro-proflex-4.jpg

[wallymann]

i'd like to try a suspended road-bike too. wouldnt take much travel to be useful. maybe 1cm up front and 2cm in back and pretty firm spring-rates & damping. just to take the edge of sharp hits of the sort that loosen up my fillings every spring up here in MI.

I'm still interested in suspended road bikes, but it seems few others are. I've ridden a beam bike and thought it would be great to have suspension on the front too. Tonight I had my first ride on a road bike with a Headshok. Even though I only went a mile (it was -5), I already found myself thinking it would be great to have the same compliance at the rear wheel.

I'd give that Pro-Flex a try, but the BB height might be a serious drawback with my 83 cm saddle height.

[spacemen3]

That looks like a blast. I have an old Futec Roadrunner I hope to build-up soon.

http://www.fahrradpage.de/photos/Rennrad/img3.jpg

[William]

More suspension road bikes...


W.

[bargainguy]

Had a ProFlex 853 MTB for a couple years. Wanted to like it but....

The rear swingarm was perfectly positioned to interfere with FD adjustment. There was a access hole drilled in the arm to the FD clamp bolt, but from a somewhat wonky angle. Getting the FD dialed in was a little twiddly.

If I were rebuilding one of these today, I'd go 2x10 or even single chainring.