Interchangeable parts
 

Are bike parts able to be swapped on any bike or do certain bikes only fit certain parts?
I have a 1977 Bridgestone kabuki skyway, that the frame is to small. Can I just add parts to another frame ?

Thank you

You should be able to fit most of the parts to a new frame. You might need new cables and maybe a new bottom bracket and other small parts like that.

Measuring things can be considered .

Japan/China /Taiwan uses British standards .. they make the largest number of bikes these days..

It is a HUGE depends. A great deal of swapping is possible, but it is not universal. The closer the age of the two frames, the more likely you can swap items. It is also easy to find new parts to fit old frames, but not as easy to find a new frame that will fit the older components.

Some examples of issues:
* seat post diameter
* front spacing: 90mm was not uncommon, 100mm is now most common, and wider is seen on some disc brake hubs/forks.
* rear spacing (aka OLD): 120mm was common on 5 speeds, 126mm on 6 speeds, 130mm on 6 speed mountain and 7 & more speed road, 135mm on 7 & more speed mountain.
* brake reach - in '77 it was common for most bikes sold to have fender clearance, now, few if any road bikes sold in the USA (the rest of the world is different) to have fender clearance. The result is 15 to 20mm reduction in brake reach.

Simple answer, no. Some of the components will transfer but many (most?) won't to a current frame. Rear wheel spacing, seatpost diameter, headtube and headset diameter and type, stem type, brake reach, shifter type and location. All of these and some others I've missed may not match.

Thank y'all for the information.

Do to that fact I have no idea of half the **** y'all said meant, I either need to do more research or scrap the project

Library has Bike repair books , give that Library Card a Workout..

As fietsbob recommended, get a good repair manual and study it. That will give you the background you need to ask the right questions and understand the answers. Bikes are conceptually simple machines but, as they say, the devil is in the details.

The technology of 1977 parts doesn't transfer well to newer bikes.
Some parts are "universal", but you'll run into a lot of "gotcha's" on that old of a frame.
Drop out spacing.
Does it have a RDER hangar
etc.

I've turned a 2X5 1972ish Takara into a 3X9, but I wouldn't recommend it for a newbie mechanic.
Stay with frames that aren't older then 1990ish. More stuff fits.

Great
I'll do some reading and let you know


Thanks again

Sell it, and buy a bigger bike.
It is a low end bike not worth the time & money.