As per usual, after completing a project I've grown curious to see the flavors of the same idea you guys have... let me see'em!

sure i'll post this again lol



Slick tires, single big chainring, bartape wrapped on the handlebars, handlebar chopped as narrow as possible (49cm wide). most of the time i ride on the sides of the bar ends

im liking that

Wouldn't some 1.50 or 1.25 tires be more roadbike-like?

How is this different than this thread?

It's not.. for some reason that thread didn't exist in my memory.

I would not say my conversions have turned mountain bikes into road bikes, (in the racing sense), but rather into nice all rounders and touring bicycles.

probably, though the tires I use (kenda K838) have a rounded profile so the contact patch size is similar to a smaller tire. I love fat tires and if i ever buy another 700c bike again i'm gonna make sure it takes some fatties

I would tend to agree, but mtbs with knobbies are really NOT road machines. knobby tires make you lose traction very easily while cornering on road surfaces. Just putting slicks on is a huge upgrade for the vast majority of "mountain" bikes which rarely see a mountain or any off road duty.

I really need to take some current pic's, after I've cleaned the mud off. I just put on some slicks and road pedals.

I'm not sure what you mean by roadies, or why I'd want to use a MTB frame for something it isn't...but this was a conversion from MTB to all 'rounder with drops that has turned into one of my favorite bikes.

The ultimate MTB to Roadie conversion...

Over the years, I have tricked out several MTB's into fast allarounders.

Here are the present ones.

Russian Ti MTB to gravel grinder and Fisher Procaliber to street bomber.

I'd still be glad to take that "huffy" off your hands!

This one was done for a coworker, road tires were added later.

Decidedly non-road, but drop bars at least, my DeKerf cyclcross bike:



I rode it with a taller stem, the one in the pic only lasted one race.

It was fun, but it's better as a rigid mountain bike, and my Cross-Check is a vastly superior cyclocross (and touring) bike.

If one spends all their time riding on smooth paved surfaces, knobby tyres make no sense as they have less contact area and are not optimal for these types of surfaces... my Moulden XC runs Schwalbe Hurricanes which behave much like a slick on the road with a harder slicker centre and side lugs that become active at lower pressures and on softer irregular surfaces.



I have ridden this bike on road centuries, commute on it a great deal, and it loves hard packed clay and moderate singletrack... it is only a little heavier than a steel framed road bike which makes a good deal of difference in how it performs.

I meant for this to more be a thread for mtb's that only see asphalt now really, and no drop bar stipulation. The more I think on it, this is like the drop bar conversion thread's refugee thread.

1990 Specialized Rockhopper Comp:

Converted for touring... '87 Kuwahara Cascade.



The ATB bicycles from the 80's borrowed their geometry and running gear from touring bikes and as such, tend to make for excellent road conversions.

So it's got to be a conversion cuz I ride it on the road...right?



It's even uglier in person

Set up as an All Rounder; for touring, carrying & towing loads. The one bicycle I cherish more than any other...



(Overheard at the 2012 Tour de Fat... "I didn't know Moots made Steel bikes...")

i like it

Foldable too:

^ my mind is blown