29er MTB with drop bars/700c road tires
05-23-16, 05:04 PM
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29er MTB with drop bars/700c road tires
Anyone have a 29er MTB set up like that? 29 and 700c are the same diameter.
05-23-16, 05:08 PM
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Ive got an old 26" set up for banging around.
05-23-16, 05:16 PM
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Been thinking about doing just that to my mtb. I have a Scott Scale 29'er that has only been used for commuting as of late and thought about doing a full Ultegra Di2 drop bar conversion with some smaller tubeless cx tires to make a high end beater. Oh Yeah!!!
05-23-16, 05:19 PM
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That would be kind of cool with a suspension fork. Full suspension would be overkill but I'd like to ride one.
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Not exactly what's in the OP but people do CX bikes with MTB wheels/tires or 29'er frames with drop bars and rigid forks all the time for gravel racing.
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Almost did it with my 29er below. Geometry just wan't optimal. Bikes designed for flat bars if they fit correctly with flatbar, generally have a 20-40mm longer top tube than a bike designed to fit a given rider with a drop bar. Obvious reason is...hoods protrude forward, drops are lower and farther away from a rider and of course a flat bar is either straight across or has some pull back.
Since I wanted a skinny tire...up to 28c workhorse bike, I decided to build a Spesh Secteur dropbar bike instead and part out the Ti 29er below. Good decision btw. I did like the 29er and road it off road with bigger volume tires and on road with skinnys but all said, I spend way more time on road and prefer a drop bar. Best to choose a frameset designed for a dropbar that fits the wheel size you prefer. Quite a few frames to choose from that are drop bar and can fit a bit larger 700c which btw is the gravel bike genre...basically a drop bar version of a 29er.
Since I wanted a skinny tire...up to 28c workhorse bike, I decided to build a Spesh Secteur dropbar bike instead and part out the Ti 29er below. Good decision btw. I did like the 29er and road it off road with bigger volume tires and on road with skinnys but all said, I spend way more time on road and prefer a drop bar. Best to choose a frameset designed for a dropbar that fits the wheel size you prefer. Quite a few frames to choose from that are drop bar and can fit a bit larger 700c which btw is the gravel bike genre...basically a drop bar version of a 29er.
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Yeah you would have to have a shorter stem but I like short stems. My 17 inch MTB frame has a 22 inch top tube, the effective length is 58 and that's only 1-2cm longer than what I have on my road bikes.
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Excuse me? Why isn't this posted in the mtb forum? 
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So... like the new Trek 920 disc?
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I put dropbars on my old 26er MTB to turn it into a commuter. Fine-tuning the fit was kind of arduous, and I wound up using a lot shorter stem than I used with the flat bars. However, once I got it all done and tuned, it's a hoot to ride...I'm really glad I did it. I would think doing the same to a nice rigid 29er frame would work out pretty well, too.
