Originally Posted by
nneeiill
I'm thinking of putting some old 700cc wheels on the mountain bike that i use for commuting. its all single speed so that should be ok, but should i anticipate other problems except brake reach (solved by some old caliper brakes surely) and rear hub spacing? any ideas/ experience?
neil
I have a nashbar steel frame that I put 29er rims on (basically 700c mountain rims) I didn't want to worry about the reach of the brakes so I went with disk brakes and a rigid front fork. That made a difference in speed and ride, the other thing I changed was I put on a 48/38/28 trekking crank. I can usually keep up with the guys on there road bikes on my way to work, and the wider tires make it a really smooth ride.
I have also added a rack and bags since I took this picture.
