Help to a little fool (old to new)
02-25-21 | 08:11 AM
#2
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
[MENTION=534884]saletD[/MENTION] - Welcome to C&V! We would like more information to be specific.
What bike?
You will need to know measurements and other numbers like how many speeds (number of sprockets on the rear wheel) and what do you want to change (drive train, brakes, cockpit, saddle, tires)?
Measurements include space between the rear drop outs, seat post diameter
Is it rigid fork or suspension.
Picture of the drive side of the bike to begin with. Post in the albums of your profile until you get to 10 posts.
What bike?
You will need to know measurements and other numbers like how many speeds (number of sprockets on the rear wheel) and what do you want to change (drive train, brakes, cockpit, saddle, tires)?
Measurements include space between the rear drop outs, seat post diameter
Is it rigid fork or suspension.
Picture of the drive side of the bike to begin with. Post in the albums of your profile until you get to 10 posts.
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02-25-21 | 11:45 AM
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From: Herndon, VA
Bikes: '22 Surly Straggler, '15 Breezer Downtown EX, '19 Motobecane Record (fixie)
The first thing that comes to my mind is going to be axles. You will (more than likely) need to stay with traditional quick-release wheels, as opposed to thru-axle or boost. If you're upgrading the fork, you will probably need to change out the complete headset (assuming your original headset is threaded). Other than that it'll be making sure that things fit together.
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02-25-21 | 01:15 PM
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From: Portlandia's Kuiper Belt, OR
Bikes: 1987 Woodrup Competition - 2025 Trek Checkpoint SL 6 Gen 3 - 1987 Lotus Legend - 2024 Trek Emonda ALR Rim Brake - 1980 Trek 510 - 1988 Cannondale SR500 - 1985 Trek 670 - 1982 Trek 730
A '90s mountain bike is quite versatile in that it can accept many kinds of components, thus you can upgrade slowly over time, or go all new (or new to the bike) parts. Modern tires and components really give one a lot of choice when it comes to updating things.
Show Us Your Vintage Mountain Bikes is a great thread to start with (309 pages!), with people posting stock/original examples as well as ones modified/updated.
Show Your Vintage MTB Drop Bar Conversions thread is a fun one for me (as a road bike guy who is way too tall for pretty much all vintage mountain bikes, sadly) as you can see people getting away from traditional outfitting of such.
People put swept back bars to make a sort of townie/urban bike as well. Like you, I often start with just a frame to build up, now that I know what works well for me and what kind of look I am going for. It, of course, wasn't always like that. I started with no knowledge and slowly acquired it.
Keep telling us some plans you'd like to explore for the bike to get your post count up and to give us a better idea of things. There are many here that can and want to help!
Show Us Your Vintage Mountain Bikes is a great thread to start with (309 pages!), with people posting stock/original examples as well as ones modified/updated.
Show Your Vintage MTB Drop Bar Conversions thread is a fun one for me (as a road bike guy who is way too tall for pretty much all vintage mountain bikes, sadly) as you can see people getting away from traditional outfitting of such.
People put swept back bars to make a sort of townie/urban bike as well. Like you, I often start with just a frame to build up, now that I know what works well for me and what kind of look I am going for. It, of course, wasn't always like that. I started with no knowledge and slowly acquired it.
Keep telling us some plans you'd like to explore for the bike to get your post count up and to give us a better idea of things. There are many here that can and want to help!
