What do you think?
 

I have a mid 90's gary fisher. I bought some thin (road bike style) tires to ride it on the road with. Now i'm thinking of putting on some drop bars and making a singlespeed. Kind of like a ss road bike but with 26" rims. Speed isn't my goal hear. Simplicity is. Has anyone done this? What do ya think?

Yup,with my 1998 K2 ProFlex, but I didnt make her an SS and I didnt add drops. :twitchy: Just a set of Ritchey "TomSlicks." Heres a pic :thumb:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ic/k2001-4.jpg

^^
putting slicks on that was a joke, right?


look into wtb mountain drops, or on one midge bars.

Why?

Why would you think that?

i'm not sure about changing to road bars as that would affect the clamp size of your stem and brake levers, since mtb and road components aren't exactly interchangeable. you can run flat bars, maybe chop a few inches off the ends, or add "road drops" which attach like bar ends.

that k2 is ridiculous. are you bombing down hills of very slightly out of level pavers?

I put drops on my commuter mtb just for kicks once. Very shortly changed back to risers. Just didn't feel comfortable for me. Looked kinda cool, though.

It may be ridiculous to you but I like it and thats just about all that matters :thumb: Not to mention that it wasnt built for "bombing down hills." I ride it on the rode 100% of the time :)

That bike makes more sense than most folks who buy a mtn bike and then never take it on the dirt.