Bicycle Mechanics - Bizare custome built hybrid

:) Hello all you know hows :)

I have a question.
I decided, instead of buying a hybrid bike (like the cannondale bad boy), i will build my own.
i have a schwinn road bike and a giant hcm1 MTB.
so what i plan on doing is actuallt merging the good of the 2 worlds. taking the frame and drivetrain from the MTB and the rest from the road bike (wheels, brakes etc).

my questions are:
do you think that putting road shimano brakes instead of V brakes will work (i'm using the weels from the road bike).

also, i thought of putting STI shifters instead of the "bar ends", as that is a prefered position for me (shifting and braking).
i will be using the "freak" for daily commuting of about 5 miles.

Thats it, :confused:
Ido

How are you going to mount road brakes? Is the fork crown and brake ridge drilled for them,and how about pad reach?Then there is lever caliper compatibility. How are you going to use STI(road??) shifters on a flat bar?

About the holes, there are holes infront.

about the STI, i actualy meant to mount them on the end bars, somewhat similar to a triathlon bike.

Thanks,
Ido

Well,you had best check the clamp diameter, and there are compativility issues with road SIT front shifters and MTB type front derailers.

also compatibily issues with v-brakes and STI shifters.

Sounds like your building a cross bike to me :)

It's damn near unlikely that your road wheels will even fit in a MTB frame. Also, MTB's are likely to have different dropout spacings. Bar and stem diameter issues are also problematic. Sounds like a dumb idea to me.

:rolleyes:
just to take some "wind out of your sails", they do fit.
I actually managed to get it runnig, and i rode it to work.
And its fasssst.....
It currently has V-brakes which i changed the position of the pads.
Its not great, but it works. that's y i thought of changeing to the road brakes.
also i have a front Indy shox, so the ride is Smooooth :p

c ya....

All right, Italmor! You never know until you try some of this bizarre sounding stuff, and if you already have the parts it doesn't cost anything. I did almost exactly this a few months ago to build up a very ridable bike for my wife, who refused to let me buy her a bike. Took my daughter's cheap mtb and put Weinmann brakes from an old Trek and a spare set of 700c wheels. For now I have left the original shifters and ders. I have takeoffs for those, too. Just need another afternoon to play around with them.

italmor;

Good Show! However please be aware that V-Brake (a.k.a. linear pull) levers have a significantly different amount of cable take-up when activated. While I have seen many differing opinions on compatibility, Brake Vendors clearly caution about using “other” levers with their brake sets (no mix and match). Many tome authors caution about this also: (Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance 3rd Ed. p130; Bicycling Magazine’s Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair 4th Ed. p256).

To this end, please "field test" the “altered” braking system with care and caution. Of all the mechanical components on a bicycle, absolutely none (at least in my mind’s eye) is more critical than the braking system.

Final thought, something I have learned through much applied experience is:
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, however in practice there is!"

Originally posted by faith
italmor;


Final thought, something I have learned through much applied experience is:
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, however in practice there is!"


How true!

Well I think it is AMRVELOUS that you go this thing to work. I love the idea of taking the two worlds and combining them. :beer:

Practical Cycling magazine made such a beast work, but I think they used disk brakes. Im not sure how much advantage 700c really gives you. The latest stye of bike in the UK combines a road or touring frame with 26" MTB wheels, in the stylee of French 650B bikes. It is a tough, fast and very useful general purpose machine.

Ive seen people fit 650c road wheels into MTBs for a zippy fast ride with quick acceleration.

Hey MichaelW,

Do you have specific models, so i could get inspired ob how they got it together?
There was another member who mentioned that a Bike magazine tried to do such a thing.
does anyone have a picture/link to that "beast"?

Thanks again!!


Ride On!!!