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Old 12-09-15, 06:55 PM
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flyboy2160
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Mountain bike conversion to mini velo

After realizing that my Downtube 9FS was my favorite bike because of the small wheels and the seating position, I decided to either sell or to modify my other two 26" wheel bikes to be 20 inchers.

Here's a previous Frankenbuilt mountain bike converted to 20 inch wheels. I had to add an extension to the front of the swing arm. I added the seat tube relocation triangle to mimic the Downtube seat to crank relationship.

The smaller wheels reduce the trail a lot, giving very quick handling. This is OK for me, since I make a a lot of 90 degree turns on sidewaks. But this isn't for everybody.

(Moderator: any chance of merging all these mini velo threads into a seprate "Mini Velo" Section? Thanks

http://www.bikeforums.net/folding-bi...-velo-mtb.html


http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...oad-bikes.html
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