Steely Dan

my winter beast, now with aerobar mod.






please excuse the crappy pic quality, i think the camera in my iphone is on its way out.

xoxoxoxoLive

I'm trying to think of what you can call it when your finished ? : )

X-LinkedRider

I'll call it 'Finished fer now'

xoxoxoxoLive

Well I took the Schwinn Varsity back to Walmart, (that was short lived). And then picked this up tonight at Dicks Sporting Goods, it is the Diamondback Insight 1 19" that's there large, seems to fit me very nice, took it for a ride while my wife was shopping at TJ MAX. Here is the link : https://www.diamondback.com/bikes/per.../insight-1-11/
Just weighing it on the bathroom scales at home, it comes to around 26 pounds give or take. I really didn't go out shopping for a bike, till I spotted this one, and I had already returned the Schwinn. Was attracted to the light weight, decent components, free 30 day tune, and back on 700 x 32c tires, I feel much more comfortable on this. It seems big for being a 19" bike. Not sure on the aluminum forks though, well have to see. Richard : )

Dstreelm

My drop bar conversion is (almost) done!

So i got the sifters installed on the bar and everything set up. I definitely have to get a shorter stem, the reach is doable but not what I would consider comfortable. The biggest thing I need is a new front deraileur, As I was setting up the front shifter, I found that the deraileur is broken as you can se ion the photo, part of the metal simply broke. I'm not too upset, It was 15 years old.

The last thing I need to do after stem and deraileur is install some matching cables and some new white bar tape.

Ill post more pics when its finally done

xoxoxoxoLive

Looking Good, the reach does seem pretty far. We might need a thread going just for custom Hybrids, or even drop bar conversions. : )

giantcfr1

hehehehehe
We have one:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rop-conversion!

zerogravity

I considered a drop conversion on my 8.4, but that would just be too much $$ to get a drop bar, gears/brake combo. It is a neat idea though. =)

xoxoxoxoLive

The only thing wrong with the https://www.trekbikes.com/kr/en/bikes..._series/8_4_ds is I don't have one. (LOL)

zerogravity

LOL..AMEN brotha! WHen you do, you will love it!

giantcfr1

One of the best looking drop conversion I've ever seen was this one from Spain. He's spent a shat load on it. All Campag.









Sorry to hijack the thread, back to our bikes.

alexaschwanden

^very nice drop bar conversion.

xoxoxoxoLive

WOW ! without looking it up, I think it started out as a Cannondale 29'er. Seen them at the bike shop, but never in that color.. Very Nice !

giantcfr1

I think it is the 2004 Badboy but it's heavily altered. The colour is called BBQ.

https://66.147.244.179/~vintagm8/node/385

xoxoxoxoLive

Thought it was a 29er lefty, and the Badboy's came with the HeadShok. (My Bad) Very custom bike...

X-LinkedRider

I am having difficulties seeing how that Lefty fork es even attached. Looks like 2 zipties from the steerer to the Headtube. Lol. VERY VERY custom Nicely done.

xoxoxoxo The Giant is pretty much done. I have some tuning to do and I believe I will have to swap out a front fork/brake boss, but other than that. The FCR I think is a full blown road bike sans the TRP Cantilever Euro X Brakes. I will post a pic later this evening.

X-LinkedRider

Okay, I was able to get around to taking a shot. Still have a few very minor things to correct like seat height, clip cables and do all that. But here it is complete with Stage 2 of my Road bike Upgrades for 2012.

Differences from before are nore more Bar-End shifters (Now Sora Temporarily) and upgraded the Tekro V-Brakes to TRP EURO X cantilever brakes, which means all new cabling, cable guide for front and rear brake added to headset and seat collar, as well as new wrap for now. Until stage 4 of this process is complete. Then I'll switch back to the red.

side_FX

I wish I knew how to list another thread in here because you really should check out a 2011 Utopia that was converted to drops. It was done by someone going by "chibibike", I'd recommend doing a search on her name and look at how her bike came out. I think it looks really sweet and it wasn't overly expensive to do. Sorry I can't just post the link.

X-LinkedRider

Here is the link to the Dropbar Conversion Thread.

xoxoxoxoLive

Copy the URL and paste in the window

xoxoxoxoLive

Well you have a new custom built (AWESOME) bike, seems like changing the boss's position is going to be a difficult job. Not to mention messing up the paint job. But I know it can be done for sure. Richard

xoxoxoxoLive

Post first, then read !! LOL Guess it was no trouble.

X-LinkedRider

Thanks Richard. Yeah' it's been quite the process and still not done yet. The Brake boss on the DS front fork is a little mangled, I was able to get the brake cantilever on there but I will have to bring it in and replace it. Should be not all the difficult and probably close to free. My giant dealer is cool like that.

mac4095

Schwinn searcher sport. Just picked it up from the LBS. Will be used to help me lose some weight, 18 lbs and counting.

xoxoxoxoLive

Congratulations on your new bike, love the color. It looks like this one : https://www.schwinnbikes.com/bikes/hy...s-14492#/specs How does she ride ? Richard