Show Your Vintage MTB Drop Bar Conversions
11-20-15, 06:20 AM
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Because you are going to drop-bat them of course 
have you tried the bolt/nut trick from St. Shelton's website? Works every time for me with stuck BB fixed cups.
have you tried the bolt/nut trick from St. Shelton's website? Works every time for me with stuck BB fixed cups.
11-20-15, 06:57 AM
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I might have to resort to that at some point. As it is, I had the frame upside down, standing on the grips, and pushing the wrench with both hands. No movement at all.,,,,BD
11-20-15, 08:35 PM
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It was in regards to the univega alpina pro the actual first post in the thread. Sorry for my ignorance on replies to the thread i am a new guy lol
11-25-15, 08:20 AM
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Just an update. Been riding this to work for 6 months. Breaking it down tonight to go to powdercoat on Friday. Back to the original indigo blue. Gonna lose the biopace for XD, and maybe will change the drivetrain over to Suntour. I have an old XC in the drawer.
11-25-15, 01:21 PM
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I just found this little bike last night. DX down to the pedals, shiny hardly used RM20 rims. Just a little rust on the chrome bits. This bike is going to make one of mountain bikes much nicer. I have never run across a Supergo before. Lots of interesting features on the frame. Offset pump peg, oval seat tube where it meets the bottom bracket. The Tange tubing decal even lists individual tube thicknesses? NEVER seen that done before. Seamless butted Chromoly. I REALLY wish this one fit.. I think my Maroon Urban Express might be on the receiving end. It also uses a 29.4 seatpost? is that weird or what?,,,,BD
29.4 mm was also used by fairly high end brands of the era such as Fat Chance and Independent Fabrications. As such high end 29.4 posts from the era (Syncros.Ringle etc.) are worth a mint.
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1 Super Record bike, 1 Nuovo Record bike, 1 Pista, 1 Road, 1 Cyclocross/Allrounder, 1 MTB, 1 Touring, 1 Fixed gear
11-25-15, 04:13 PM
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11-25-15, 04:24 PM
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the tires are a bit hard but I got them for a good deal. I have a single 7s Suntour Command shifter under there pulling a Suntour XCD rear derailleur and a Hyperglide 7s cassette. Temporary bar tape is on there until I finalize the cockpit after some time on the saddle!
11-25-15, 05:11 PM
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I had my Bridgestone MB-1 set up with drop bars for awhile, but the kind of traffic I ride in makes a flat bar setup safer so it now has trekking bars.
It was a fantastic ride as a heavy-duty road bike. I'd sometimes go out for 50-milers on it.
It was a fantastic ride as a heavy-duty road bike. I'd sometimes go out for 50-milers on it.
11-25-15, 05:19 PM
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11-25-15, 05:25 PM
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11-25-15, 05:28 PM
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11-26-15, 06:44 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving!!! Ok, rode it a few hours today. Everything worked as it should. A little tweaking here and there to fit!
Here it is in riding form:
Here's the single 41T chainring and the 48T big ring I ground down to bashguard duty. The chain didn't drop today. That's always nice.
Heres the cockpit and new tape:
Here's the Suntour Command 7s shifter pulling a Suntour XCD rear der. through a Hyperglide 7s cassette. There was some ghost shifting but a half a turn on the barrel adjuster brought it back to acceptable shifting.
Here it is in riding form:
Here's the single 41T chainring and the 48T big ring I ground down to bashguard duty. The chain didn't drop today. That's always nice.
Heres the cockpit and new tape:
Here's the Suntour Command 7s shifter pulling a Suntour XCD rear der. through a Hyperglide 7s cassette. There was some ghost shifting but a half a turn on the barrel adjuster brought it back to acceptable shifting.
11-28-15, 11:35 PM
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Would this all black Shimano crankset look out of place on a 1995 Trek 820? Thinking about trying another drop bar conversion. Have the 820 in "Sage" - soft shimmer green.
Shimano Acera M361 Square Crankset > Components > Drivetrain > Cranksets | Jenson USA
Shimano Acera M361 Square Crankset > Components > Drivetrain > Cranksets | Jenson USA
11-28-15, 11:40 PM
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Would this all black Shimano crankset look out of place on a 1995 Trek 820? Thinking about trying another drop bar conversion. Have the 820 in "Sage" - soft shimmer green.
Shimano Acera M361 Square Crankset > Components > Drivetrain > Cranksets | Jenson USA
Shimano Acera M361 Square Crankset > Components > Drivetrain > Cranksets | Jenson USA
11-28-15, 11:53 PM
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@Bikedued - haha! Thanks for the quick reply.
So about a year ago I had a 1995 Trek 820 - the super glossy "ice" purple fade. I put on a Nitto Dirt drop stem & settled on Soma Portola bars, and a B17. It fit great and was fun for me to ride but I couldn't get the quill stem down to where I wanted it because the head tubes on these are short. I hate to cut the stem shorter, but I don't need that much sticking out. Plus lots of seat post showing too. The usual issue is when I get a bike with the right top tube length I end up with a lot of seatpost showing.
The Portola bars have a 26.0 clamp area and the Kalloy "dirt drop" quill stems only come in 25.4, thus the need to buy the Nitto stem. I've been known to cut down a Technomic on occasion...
So about a year ago I had a 1995 Trek 820 - the super glossy "ice" purple fade. I put on a Nitto Dirt drop stem & settled on Soma Portola bars, and a B17. It fit great and was fun for me to ride but I couldn't get the quill stem down to where I wanted it because the head tubes on these are short. I hate to cut the stem shorter, but I don't need that much sticking out. Plus lots of seat post showing too. The usual issue is when I get a bike with the right top tube length I end up with a lot of seatpost showing.
The Portola bars have a 26.0 clamp area and the Kalloy "dirt drop" quill stems only come in 25.4, thus the need to buy the Nitto stem. I've been known to cut down a Technomic on occasion...
11-29-15, 09:39 AM
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11-30-15, 10:47 AM
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Rejuvenated 1994 Bridgestone MB-1
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Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
11-30-15, 06:04 PM
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New here.. Hope I'm doing this correctly!
Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
12-01-15, 02:07 AM
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New here.. Hope I'm doing this correctly!
Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
Found a very nice frame minus the fork. Picked out a Pacenti crown and a BIG thank you to Greg Reiche for fashioning a beautiful new fork! I think it's fairly reminiscent of the original, but actually much better than the original. Also, many thanks to Cruz at Cyclart for the fantastic paint/paint match on the fork and touch up paint on the frame. And those Rat Trap Pass Extralight tires really are as awesome as advertised! Thanks Jan and get well soon!
pics in link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1...kRvcFo4VDRoSEU
Heck of a build on that bike. Really well done, it's looks fantastic.
And that fork, oh baby...
It should have its own thread.