Originally Posted by
Barabaika
There are 2 problems with your plan.
* cyclocross bikes have the vertical dropouts, while it's better to have the horizontal dropouts for internal hub bikes to tension the chains
* there are no internal gear shifters for drop bars, they are mostly grip shifters for flat bars
Maybe, it's better to start from Trek Soho 4.0:
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...n/soho/soho40/
It has an internal hub and disk brakes.
Thanks I will check the SOHO out, does anyone have any experience with this bike?
I did realize that if i replaced the drive train on a pre-fab cross that i was going to have to go to flat bars, but I didn't see much of an issue with that.