Vintage Mountain Bike Drop Bar Conversion

Classic vintage show your vintage mtb drop bar conversions originally posted by frantik because they are the easiest period correct shifter to mount to a drop bar.

Vintage mountain bike drop bar conversion.

Size used on the vast majority of newer bicycles with upright. They are durable these old mountain bikes are built to take a beating. Instead it s an all road bike with mountain bike tires. May 2 2017 classic vintage show your vintage mtb drop bar conversions scott.

Look into soma gator bars. Could be worth a try. 23 8 mm 15 16 22 2 mm 7 8 obsolete british size for steel handlebars common on older 3 speeds. A bad idea converting an old mountain bike into a modern touring bike.

An alt bar from jones or surly could be nice as well. There are several forums for vintage mountain bikes with drop bar conversions. I think i ll give it a go today. 25 4 mm 1 22 2 mm 7 8 standard i s o.

Most old mountain bike frames include braze ons this allows you to easily mount racks and panniers as well as fenders. A little tape to wrap the bars no problem. Thumb shifters don t mount on drops readily. In the early 90 s the mtb bikes started getting more reach.

25 mm 23 5 mm. The frames and wheels are particularly strong. So as you can see the main change is to replace the mountain handle bars with drop bars and the shifters with modern lever shifters the brake lever also shifts gears. As previously discussed the reach of the bike is key vintage mountain bikes had much less reach.

I understand the appeal of a drop bar i have a cx bike for road gravel use but a narrow ish flat bar with some comfy bar ends and togs might do the same thing. But i stiil feel like the bigger problem is the stem s clamp in terms of lateral size not so much the diameter. There are modern mountain bikes designed around drop bars salsa s fargo is one example. Submitted by mike on wed 09 03 2008 05.

Vintage mountain bike frames are surprisingly similar to modern day touring frames. Mountain bikes don t have downtube shifter bosses so you can t use downtube shifters. This size was also used for older british steel drop bars.