Originally Posted by
CliffordK
I've posted my Litespeed conversion from time to time, when big/small wheels come up.
However, you're not thinking of the
Drop Bar Conversion Thread, are you?
Your Litespeed is definitely one I remember! It looks great!
I’ve been doing some calculating and measuring and I really thought some old MTB’s share similar frame geometry to TT bikes if modified slightly with bolt on parts.
Then i I found this:
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a...ial-bike-29431
and Andy Wilkinson uses essentially a cyclocross frame with an MTB rear triangle, to win time trials, and he has rack mounts, clearance for 2.1” tires, etc etc.
Your Litespeed doesn’t look that far off of Andy’s, and if you were training for a 24hr+ effort you wouldn’t want to be switching bikes EVER for years in order to build extreme specificity.
I’m training for my eventual goal of racing the 508, so I am searching for one bike that I can always ride as well. But I am not going to buy anything wildly custom, I don’t believe it’s necessary.