Originally Posted by
jmartinez
This is just about the only way that it could hurt the frame. It sounds to me like the mechanic doesn't know what they are talking about. Changing wheel size does not affect the the wheelbase since the axles don't move. Also the overall diameter of a 26" wheel with a fat tire is not that far from a 700c wheel with a skinny road tire. This should not stress the frame as long as everything fits.
The main problem with 700c wheels in a mtb frame (aside from brake mounts) is that it just looks plain silly. There's just something wrong with having two inches of clearance between your tire and your frame. I've done it, changed it back. Maybe your mechanic has done this too and was trying to come up with a reason not to create another frankenbike with kludged together parts.
Not that there is anything wrong with kludged together bikes (like most of mine).
man you guys are amazing,...yeah I dont know **** about track bikes, thats why I asked you dipsticks,...sorry I ever did that,..glad you guys are this worked up over me spending $170 on a GT road bike with track ends that were brazed on by a local frame builder. (I ended up calling the original owner after he got back from his trip and got the whole story) I thought it was maybe a track bike that had been set up for cyclocross or something, since both the original owner, and the guy I bought it from were from marin co., and those crazy rich people do some weird things, or maybe you didn't read my original post? (I should have put a question mark on the title, sorry bout that)
YOU GUYS said it was a yamaguchi, and blah, blah,, or can't you guys read threads?
anyway here it is with a proper fork, and a 700C wheelset, notice there isn't "THREE INCHES OF SPACE" on the back wheel, blah blah blah,.....(there's a HALF INCH of space between the tire and the crossbar thats between the chainstays)
and, no it's not a freakin mountain bike, I know THAT much, but thanks for caring,.... anyway after I get the canti bosses and cage bosses off of it and it's painted, I get a sweet commuter/city bike, with my favorite triple triangle frame and I actually like it better knowing it's just a regular road bike and not some priceless olympic collectors item, because now I can lock it at safeway for 20 minutes and know it'll be there when I get back.
to all of you that were decent and actually were defensive of me in some posts, thank you, I appreciate that, glad to see there is some maturity somewhere in here.
this and the road forums are just notorious for this crap, and is why I am reluctant to answer some of the painting questions here, knowing that most of these hostile fight starters don't deserve it.
peace and ride safe