Mountain Biking - The Best Frankenbike EVER?

I want to here about the best Conglomerations that you guys and gals have ever seen? I'm talking about True hybrid abominations, Not just a comfort bike with aerobars or a flat bar road bike. I'm talking about real freaks of nature! Here's mine, wish I had pics. I rode a gravel road ride sat, One of the guy's had a Softride Mountain bike frame ( Just about all of us are familiar with the Softride Road frame or Triathlon frame ) But this was a Mountain frame witch looks even more funky, It had been converted to a cross bike by adding 26 inch road wheels and cyclocross tires, the front was then addressed. Out go the flat mountain style bars and in come roadie drop bars. ( looked like the original steer tube was one inch and he was able to get an old style threaded neck to fit the original rigid fork ):eek: Stay with me now! then he added roadie brake levers but, went with TT bar end shifters at the backs of the drops! Also looked like Crank bros 50/50 pedals for a little freeride attitude!;) This guy was either an autistic genius! or maybe was sweeping the shop floor one day and on a bet, decided to see if he could build a bike out of the crap he was going to throw away! Either way I loved it! I want to go back and see if he will sell it!:D

Put the crack pipe down, and step back!

Slowly, calmly now, and no one will get hurt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/itsacosbysweater/P1010041.jpg

http://www.velonews.com/images/report/10939.16557.f.jpg

http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/850/medium/BigDummy.jpg

Mrs. M.s favourite road bike

I also built a 24 speed MTB from a 21 spd for a lady in our office a couple of years ago and added 28x1.75 wheels and tires...one fast bike, wish i could find the pics

wtf. afterthisnap, WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE BRAKES ON THE FIRST ONE?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!121ONE!1111?!/11 but damn that is an AWESOME bike, wanna sell it?

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5675/dscf98053tjck1.jpg
mine

lol, nice, very nice indeed

http://www.singletrackworld.com/i/Interbike2001/Karpiel%20Bender%202.jpg

http://www.galbraithmt.com/images/josh_bender_032302_500pix.jpg

http://www.btt.com.ar/foto/o/10/90/1090543191_bender.jpg

Bender's Big Hit Wonder

mine

Jesus, that thing must weigh a ton.

Bender could never land that drop.

Bender could never land that drop.

I bet if he had 1 more seat ducked taped on he could

I've seen pics of that bike WannaGetGood posted before and I have one question.

WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE HOOKWORMS!?!?!?!?!?!

It's probably someone's stairgap bike.

It's probably someone's stairgap bike.

You want the bigest tires you can find for stairgaps.

But wow I dident notice the hookworms, it looks like a perfect DJ or park bike:D

maybe he rides urban trials? in all honesty it could be an urban downhill race

This is pretty different.

or this

^^^What?! Since when does Giant make a trials bike?

or this


i know it's for trials and all but that to me seems like a far throw from a bike

Bender could never land that drop.

I could never try it.

I don't know too many that could.

I swear that guy has a screw loose. I wonder if its even possible to really land? It'd be cool if someone came along and did it though.

I could never try it.But Freeride R YOU, 66. I looked up 'Freeride' on Wikipedia and, after a brief synopsis, it linked me straight to your profile :D

^^^What?! Since when does Giant make a trials bike?
They've been making them for a while. Definately before 2000.

This really doesn't belong here b/c there's another forum for the "non MTB's" but here ya go:

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http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/chelboed/tallbike10.jpg

Oh yeah:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/chelboed/tallbike11.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/chelboed/tallbike12.jpg
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http://www.ee.umanitoba.ca/~mousavi/shoe_tire_bike.jpg

i saw this and immediately thought, hmmm... with my Merrels it wouldn't be a bad mountain bike

another thought came to mind, if you used Nike Shox, would that count as suspension

Ooooohh - - With Dr. Scholl's Thorn-Proof Insoles . . . .