26" DIRT DROP

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Have you told your dad that you're a sissy?

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Why are you going to finally man up and dirt drop yourself a mountain tarck?

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You really think the bike you already have is cool enough?

You really think that?

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Don't look at the floor when I speak to you.

i would love to do that to my 26er but i am poor as fuck and would need new brake levers and shifters (unless i found a way to finagle grip shifters onto a drop)

what the fuck is dirt drop, 26er monster cross ?

>>884112

Those brake hoods are already pretty uncomfortable on a road bike, I can only imagine the hell they must be offroad.

>>884106
I have a sudden urge to drop bar my old cannondale.

>>884144

>dirt drop
>riding the hoods

plebeian

>>884140

>wut dirt drop

holy fuck leave

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Alpha commuter fuck your fixie, brah

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OG

>tfw too scared to add drops to my 90's rigid mtb with knobbies :(

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>>884115

Not particularly hard to do

>>884106
because drop bars are for fags

>>884245
You might actually be too stupid to be on the internet.

Drop bar conversions on those old bikes end up looking and riding like train wrecks. The steering geometry just doesn't add up.

Better to use a bike that was intended for drops in the first place.

>>884214
...God dammit, those tires caught my eyes and now I'm pissed. I have the same ones on an old cantilevered frame that I've been converting to utility/transport/light off-roading, and that stem is EXACTLY the kind I'm looking for to pair with a butterfly bar to complete the project. That's it. That's literally all I need. That exact fucking stem there.

>>884216
IIRC, that setup was stock on a couple mid-range Cannondale road bikes back in the day.

>>884144
You ride in the drops on a dirt dropper, not the hoods.

>>884106
because I'm too busy realizing the 29" meme is finally over. fucking clown shoes bullshit be gone!

>>884330
^this 1000 percent

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>>884980

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>>885023
>>884214
Beautiful. Are those the old school WTB bars? I really want some but they're like a hundo. On the subject, wtf is the difference between the Gary Sweep and Gary2. I really wanna do up my '90 DB Ascent. Origin8 page lists no differences.

>>884108
Are Brooks good for touring? I know they're supposedly the GOAT saddles but they take ages to break in, how long do you need to use them for before they break in enough to be comfortable to tour on?

>>885086
They DON'T take ages to break in. Just ride your bike.

>>885086
it's like 500 miles max for break-in. That's like a week on a tour, max. Shut the fuck up and ride.

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Anyone remember the RockCombo? Specialized actually sold a stock Dirt Dropper at one point.

29er 2.4, drop is what I rock but it's new. I'm enjoying this thread though

>>885147

Let's see it

>>885048
i think it's a soma bar

>>885086
>Are Brooks good for touring?
Brooks is literally the gold standard for touring.

>>885150
My pictures are on my camera at home will upload and post.

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>>885189
Here ya go, built it up and playing with ways to carry cargo right now. Top tube bag is an eyesore but it does it's job well.

Ignore the wires I left them with extra length for when I put a front rack on.

>>885241

What a beast, what bars are those? Never seen such a sharp bend before

>>885251
They're the salsa woodchippers, thought it might have too much flare but I love them. Getting them through doors is a challenge with the bar ends.

>>885241
How'd you get one that wasn't safety orange?

>>885312
It's the piolet, that blue is the only color it comes in.

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not 26

>>885317
oic, i remember seeing the orange prototype

>>885331
Sexy beast. But how am I supposed to travel with that midget transmission ?

>>885331
drops with a basket is disgusting

>>885331
What hubs are those? They look like 1980's deore xt high flange with the lightening holes. But they have rotor mounts? Please inform, these are some of my favorite looking hubs.

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My 7 speed suntour powerflo cassette catastrophically failed outside the town of Pt. Reyes Station while I was on a 300mi. mixed terrain tour.

I rolled into town with my casstte zip-tied to my spokes and desperately asked the LBS if he had a 700c touring wheel so I could make it to SF the next day. Luckily the owner was a real professional and hooked me up with a new wheel. He had quite the collection in his shop too.

>>885450
nice store you've got there m8

>>885450

What's going on with the frame on the sixth bike from the left on the wall? (the teal one)

>>885450
Why in the world would you tour on a suntour cassette unless it had low use or was NOS.

I'm confused please answer a couple things, were you running friction or indexed shifting?
If it was indexed how did you continue with a new wheel. Is the spacing close enough for indexed to work with shimano spacing?

Did you take closer pictures of the bikes?

>>885655
What the actual fuck are you blabbering about.

Chill out with your female questions.

>>885634
the one with the weird crossed double top-tube frame?

>>885443
http://theradavist.com/2015/01/benedicts-romantical-clockwork-bikes-dirt-droop-29r/#1
Here's the article about the bike maybe you can get a better idea from the pictures. No info in the "write up"

>>885659

Yeah

>>885676
it's a super old mountain bike where they were trying to make a beefier truss frame with more standover clearance.
it also has cunningham brakes

>>885657
The suntour powerflo cassette isn't something you see often, being a mechanic it's interesting. And raises a lot of questions. Sorry you don't understand.

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>>885655
Guy with 9 trains!

It was NOS, I must have installed it incorrectly. It was a pain in the ass to install. I remember some nonsense design of loose ball bearings. It all seemed snug with the locknut, but I guess I fucked it up.

I was running indexed, and only 6/7 gears would stay in place after I moved to a new shimano 7 speed. One of the middle cogs wouldn't stay. I hated that system start to finish. Going to eBay the Command shifters to some unlucky soul. However I think I could have reverted the shifters to friction mode if I knew how.

It was only 40mi. from my Hostel in Pt. Reyes to SF (felt like much longer with that climb around mt. tam)

No more closeups, sorry. I will get some next time I go!
>>885657
Ignore this shitbrain.

>>884165
I came

>>885443
Deore XT M756 hubs - high flange, disc. I had a set of wheels with them laced to Mavic A317 hubs, and they were bombproof

>>885977
nice looking ride but ffs get some locking skewers. that saddle is 1/3 the value of the entire bike and a thousand times easier to swipe.

>>884106
What bars are you riding? I'm eyeing some gary2, Sweep or Midges and would prefer some flare quite like yours.

>>885977
What shifters?

>>887216
suntour command, maybe?

>>884106
>>884110
>>884214
>>885023
what kinda drop bar is this

why arent any of these singlespeed

i mean if you're gonna meme it the fuck up you should go all the way imo

>>889639
DID SOMEBODY CALL FOR SS MTB w/ BULLHORNS?

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>>889837
shit.

THREAD THEME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBlv4pyytSw

>>885115
that thing is righteous.

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>>889837
Haha my shitbike used to have pursuits, replaced with flat bar

>>890154

You got rid of the pursuit bullhorns? THANK YOU

Arent drop bars to make more aerodynamic?
isnt this a moot point on a mtn bike?

>>890934
Main point of drop bars is to have more hand positions.

>>890969
what if i use grip-shift?

>>891095

Then I feel sorry for you

>>890154
I like the look but really think you'd benefit from a wider stance for dirt/gravel stuff. As is I think you'd benefit from staying on the streets, maybe even put semi-slicks on it. BTW what tires are you running, 2.1?

>>891099
but trigger shifters are awful

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>>891105

Says the guy using grip shift

>>891108
with grip shift, I can shift as many gears at once as I desire. Its also mechanically easier to shift

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>>890177
Yep, I got a good deal on a NOS aluminum flat bar that matched the width of my original riser bar.
>>891100
It's strictly my commuter now that I have a dedicated mtb. I mean it always was, but it doubled as my weekend trail bike. The pursuits worked pretty well actually, they were just ugly.

The tires in the pic were 2.1, yes. Now that it's a dedicated commuter, I'm running 1.5 Geax Roadster slicks.

>>891149
>>891100
Oops, just realized you were asking what kind of tires I was running. Some dry-rotted Kenda tires I took off a Walmart bike in the pursuit bar pic. Panaracer Fire XC Pro in the flat bar pic.

>>891123
I have the feeling you've never used trigger shifters. Shifting is so much more satisfying with them.

>>891149
>>890154
Get a rear brake goddamn

>>891157
I do, they are both old pictures. I've always had the brake I just needed the cable lol.

>>891153
>Shifting is so much more satisfying with them.

i have the feeling youve never used grip-shift. shifting is so much more efficient with it

>>891190
Not that guy, that's exactly why I don't like gripshifters, it's too easy to accidentally shift if you move your hands around the bar, overlap the shifter and then get low/stand/ride through a rough patch.

>>885655
Not anon, but I recently put a 7 sp shimano freewheel onto my full suntour drivrtrain (indexed) and it works fine

>>891195
Yep. Change position slightly, click click click slip

My gearhub came with triggers, I downgraded to gripshift and haven't looked back. Any gear, any time. But they don't work as well with derailurs.

>>891195
>>891231
Just to make this clear, you both have never ridden a bike with good grip shifters? Because if you had you'd be singing a different tune.
I'm talking about current gen or last gen sram xo, it's amazing. I understand people not liking gripshift based on the garbage the market is flooded with.

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>this thread brought to you by fred forums

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just bought a shitty 26'' cuz my bike got stolen (700); can i use 27.5" on that frame? or whats the biggest tire i can use?

>>892645
im thinking on changing lots of things btw....

>>892646
who tf asked

>>892646
>>892645

Don't dump money on that thing. Leave it as it is and use it for grocery getting or something. Maybe put a rack on it but that's it

>>892658
fucking rats hate them, i actually use it for buying groceries and thats all...

is this basically cyclocross but with 90s mountainbikes as the starting point? that's the only difference I can see

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>>891149
Dat stem tho'

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>>889838

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>>891095
You're in luck, anon

>>893270
hue

>>895959
>splash tape in the catalog

based cannondale why

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>>896035

Why do you hate splash tape soo much? Get over it.

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>>896035
because 1991

>>889838
What a waste of a cool frame..

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>>896035

Why?

>>895959

> aluminium fork
I barfed.

>>898490
nigga u srs?

>>898513

> vibrations that devastate your joints and make every ride uncomfortable
> material that wears out and gives up
> only about 200g lighter than steel counterpart

Yes, I'm serious. Ride quality steel forks, or carbon if you stay on tarmac at all times. For your comfort, enjoyment and safety.

>>898766
I have several bike One with a carbon fork, two with a steel fork, two with aluminum fork. I've never noticed any serious difference between them except at high speed (one of my still bike starts to wobble then). I'm convinced the thing about uncomfortable aluminum is an urban legend.

>>898766
I ride a CX bike that has aluminum forks. Doesn't the 32c wheels absorb a lot of the vibration? Or am I fucked?

>>898773
It is. Aluminum was popularized at the same time bike manufacturers were going apeshit with stiffness, so people started associating the material with terrible ride quality. It's possible to build a comfortable aluminum frame like the CAAD10 or the old Kleins.

>>898784
You'll be fine. My steel racer has an aluminum fork and 25mm tires, and I can ride it all day long without gloves.

>>889639
because 1x is the new singlespeed meme.

>>898784
>forks

>>889639
running chainless is the best meme, so much style

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The teal one made it through the Andes, Argentina ----> Oakland