drop bar 26'ers - let's see 'em

[RFC]

Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd

This thread is 4 years going. . . . http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...nversions.html

+1 You can spend hours there!

[choke]

'91(ish) Scapin with full Campy

[AngryScientist]

holy awesome sauce choke!

sweet.

[K u r t]

Seriously. And that scenery too! Looks like eastern Oregon or Nevada. Great Basin? I've always wanted to ride a bike with Euclid. It's just so rare; I never ever see it around.

[NHAero]

Angry inspired me, so this is the result. First ride in the woods today, first to work then to a board meeting. Way fun to have knobbies on the drop bar bike and have the suspension fork and softtail set-up. Shifting with the Microshift bar-end not worked out - it worked fine in the stand but lots of skipping in real life. I'm working an 11 spd Microshift shifter with a 10 spd 11-40 Sunrace cassette and an XT 11 spd rd. Others have posted that the pull ratio on the cassettes is the same between 10 and 11 spd, and on the stand it surely looks just right, so maybe I have some slippage or cabling issues. It's a 1x10 with a 105 crank and a 39T ring. As I posted in another thread, I was pleasantly surprised at how much better the Avid BB7 Road brakes are on this bike vs. when they were on the Anderson, with the same calipers, pads, levers, and housings - only the rotors are different (and fronts on both are 160mm).
The bars could be wider for woods riding, they're Nitto Soba and about 40cm at the hoods center to center.
Great way to re-purpose an un-used bike for not big money - parts bin except for shifter, cassette, and RD.

[adamhell]

here's mine from a few years ago. looking at it now, this frame was way too small.

[Hindmost]

I have been going through the same thinking. These frames were built long and low. The intended stems had rise and short reach, the bars were flat with negative reach. When adapted to drop bars and a road position it results in these weird tall and stubby stems. And a lot of stand over clearence, which works for gnarly conditions.

[parris]

I"m in the process of doing this with my old Aquila. I've got a stem adapter and just picked up a track stem that I believe will give me enough rise running the stem flipped.

[AngryScientist]

i guess i never posted the finished product here. it wears new compass rat trap pass's now though....

i like it!

[livingminimal]

This is not at all meant to come off as snarky or anything..

But 26" seems to be coming back as a format for certain folks on new bikes, particularly on touring. Just curious as to what the advantage would be? I've heard something about turning and handling a touring bike with a 26" wheel is easier under load. Is that the main thing?

I can totally understand this repurposing older frame stuff. It's awesome and just looks like fun. Just not connecting with some of these 26" or even the 650b touring stuff I've seen lately.

[Nooch]

So... If I wanted to swap off the Rock Shox indy fork off my 26er (that gets next to no use...), would someone be able to recommend a good steel fork for it? (bike's GT Tequesta -- nothing fancy )

[NHAero]

Nooch, others will be able to answer this question about a replacement fork, but I'd ask, why lose the suspension front end if it's already there? On my trail ride today, I definitely go faster and have more control with suspension. Just askin' - I do note that most bikes in this thread and in the much longer one referenced earlier are not suspension fork equipped.

Originally Posted by Nooch

So... If I wanted to swap off the Rock Shox indy fork off my 26er (that gets next to no use...), would someone be able to recommend a good steel fork for it? (bike's GT Tequesta -- nothing fancy )

[Stevemikesteve]

Originally Posted by livingminimal

Just curious as to what the advantage would be? I've heard something about turning and handling a touring bike with a 26" wheel is easier under load. Is that the main thing?

26 as I understand it is stronger and often lighter (compared to a similarly spec'd 700c wheel).

[JAllen]

I used to have a converted Giant Rincon as my main ride. I think I've posted pictures on here somewhere. I loved the feel. I do miss that bike... :/

Yay 1000th post! I'm really accomplishing something in life.

[559Rando]

Bene's Romanceur should make this thread more better.




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