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07-21-23 | 08:04 AM

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kunsunoke

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From: Fleetwood, PA, USA

Bikes: '84 Colnago Super; '90 Bridgestone MB-1; '81 Trek 930; '01 Cinelli Supercorsa; '62 Ideor Asso; '87 Tommasini Super Prestige; '13 Lynskey R2300; '84 Serotta Nova Special; '94 Litespeed Catalyst; etc.

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Originally Posted by ironwood

MB-1s and MB-2s did not have unicrown forks. Although I like 650B tires, and have converted bikes from 27" to 650B, I wouldn't bother with converting MTB. Just get a good set of tires.

MB-1s and MB-2s did have unicrown forks, for quite a while, in fact. They started using unicrown forks in 1986, per Sheldon's catalog collection. My 1990 MB-1 had a Ritchey Logic unicrown before it was replaced by a Mag 21. The biplanar forks everyone raves about started in 1993 and lasted until Bridgestone pulled out of the market, thanks to yen shock.

Have tried to convert a 90's era Stumpjumper to 700c. The conversion was a bit of a hack job (due to the brake setup that was required), and the bike had much higher bottom bracket height than was comfortable to ride on anything that wasn't bolder-strewn. Not worth the effort, IMO. Drop bar conversions at 26" are a better bet.

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