Vintage Mountain Bike Drop Bar Conversion

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.

Vintage mountain bike drop bar conversion.

Vintage mountain bike frames are surprisingly similar to modern day touring frames. 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. 25 4 mm 1 22 2 mm 7 8 standard i s o. Mountain bikes don t have downtube shifter bosses so you can t use downtube shifters.

I think i ll give it a go today. This size was also used for older british steel drop bars. Y know i think i have seen that but didn t think to try it here. They are durable these old mountain bikes are built to take a beating.

An alt bar from jones or surly could be nice as well. May 2 2017 classic vintage show your vintage mtb drop bar conversions scott. 25 mm 23 5 mm. 23 8 mm 15 16 22 2 mm 7 8 obsolete british size for steel handlebars common on older 3 speeds.

Thumb shifters don t mount on drops readily. In the early 90 s the mtb bikes started getting more reach. Could be worth a try. Submitted by mike on wed 09 03 2008 05.

A little tape to wrap the bars no problem. There are modern mountain bikes designed around drop bars salsa s fargo is one example. As previously discussed the reach of the bike is key vintage mountain bikes had much less reach. Instead it s an all road bike with mountain bike tires.

A bad idea converting an old mountain bike into a modern touring bike. There are several forums for vintage mountain bikes with drop bar conversions. Most old mountain bike frames include braze ons this allows you to easily mount racks and panniers as well as fenders. Mainly bmx older mountain bike bars.

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. Size used on the vast majority of newer bicycles with upright. 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.