Vintage Mountain Bike Drop Bar Conversion

Mountain bikes don t have downtube shifter bosses so you can t use downtube shifters.

Vintage mountain bike drop bar conversion.

A bad idea converting an old mountain bike into a modern touring bike. 25 4 mm 1 22 2 mm 7 8 standard i s o. Thumb shifters don t mount on drops readily. They are durable these old mountain bikes are built to take a beating.

I think i ll give it a go today. Most old mountain bike frames include braze ons this allows you to easily mount racks and panniers as well as fenders. There are several forums for vintage mountain bikes with drop bar conversions. So as you can see the main change is to replace the mountain handle bars with drop bars and the shifters with modern lever shifters the brake lever also shifts gears.

In the early 90 s the mtb bikes started getting more reach. This size was also used for older british steel drop bars. 23 8 mm 15 16 22 2 mm 7 8 obsolete british size for steel handlebars common on older 3 speeds. May 2 2017 classic vintage show your vintage mtb drop bar conversions scott.

A little tape to wrap the bars no problem. Instead it s an all road bike with mountain bike tires. Could be worth a try. Look into soma gator bars.

I understand the appeal of a drop bar i have a cx bike for road gravel use but a narrow ish flat bar with some comfy bar ends and togs might do the same thing. Size used on the vast majority of newer bicycles with upright. There are modern mountain bikes designed around drop bars salsa s fargo is one example. Submitted by mike on wed 09 03 2008 05.

Classic vintage show your vintage mtb drop bar conversions originally posted by frantik because they are the easiest period correct shifter to mount to a drop bar. The frames and wheels are particularly strong. Y know i think i have seen that but didn t think to try it here. Michigan based bearclaw bicycle co claims its beaux jaxon is the first drop bar bicycle in the history of drop bar bikes to accept 27 5 x 3 0 and 29 x 2 6 tires while maintaining true all road geometry they don t think of it as a mountain bike with drop bars.

25 mm 23 5 mm. But i stiil feel like the bigger problem is the stem s clamp in terms of lateral size not so much the diameter. Vintage mountain bike frames are surprisingly similar to modern day touring frames.