Originally Posted by
bandinger
I went to my local shop and asked a few questions. My frame will work for a conversion, I had 26 rims on it. Im going to buy some 700cs and see if they fit. Im going to try and use the crank setup I have now and if it doesnt work i'll just buy a new one. I think i'll keep my head set and bars the same untill i actually get the bike going. No need to buy it all right now if I have something that will work. About the rims, If i have 26's now whats a good way to see if the 700c's will fit? Just measure with the 26's on or? Im thinking of buy some alex r450's, are these decent wheels? Im not looking to have the greatest bike on the road just something decent and reliable that gets me around.
THanks
can we get pics of the bike?
conversions build in price fast. you can run ashtabula/ one piece cranks (like pictured above) single speed. I dunno about fixed duty seeing as the chainline probably will be off.
I know it's been said before, but don't write off getting like a windsor hour. for this conversion it will be wheels for 100, tubes and tires for 50, assuming you'll need a new chain and brake cables, so 20 bucks there. that's 170 already.
then if you need to replace the brakes (dunno about clearance from 26" to 700c), that's about 40 bucks for a set. $210. I don't think you'd need to convert the ashtabula cranks, but that alone could be another 100 bucks if you needed to for some reason.
I'm not saying don't convert it, but I just want to warn you the process can get expensive fast. all my projects go over budget due to the nickel and dimeing to death