Originally Posted by monsterpile

After being inspired by Fizzaly and Sixty Fiver with their Mountain bikes with drop bars I decided to try one for myself.

So here is the project, its a Schwinn Paramont frame I have had for quite awhile and wanted to do something cool with it. Here are the pics of most of the pieces before I started.



Closer shot of the frame



How it looks so far



It has some junky components like the crank and bars, but I can add nicer stuff later if I like the setup. I like how its coming together. I was happy the suspension seatpost I had lying around fit in this frame. I was most worried I would get it together and not like the fit, but after throwing it on the trainer tonight when I got to a good stopping point if felt pretty good right away. Pretty much all I have to do now is run some cables and find a couple little items to finish it off. I am experimenting with thumbshifters placed by the brake levers on the road bars. Its been something I have thought about doing for a while but never tried it. It seems like it will work pretty good actually. I'll find out soon enough. Its got to be better than stem shifters.