Originally Posted by Doh
Wow, so i guess it's possible =D. Now i have to go buy a dropbar and figure out how the braking is going to work. BY the way, what are those forks on his bike? They look rigid to me.
You're in the wrong forum. Go over to the cyclocross forum and ask the same question. If the course is fast and not too technical, you got the fastest thing out there. But converting a MTB to drop bars has some issues- your brakes and shifters. Road bike brake levers wont work on Vbrakes without an adapter- you need to switch to retro cantilever brakes (which work fine by the way....) Most people don't think the adapters are worth it, at 20 bucks per wheel for a slight mechanical advantage over canti brakes. Obviously you need to jury-rig some kind of adaption like thumb shifters, grip shift (which are made for drop bars, but obscure) or bar end shifters, or STI. A change in style like this ends up being an expensive proposition in the end. But its all good- I use my cyclocross bike for everything but super technical singletrack, big rocks and hucking. I prefer speed (up AND downhill...) to air-