Pennine MTB

[grantoury]

I might be about to reverse that trend...

The geometry isn't a million miles away from my gravel bike. So I thought it might be a good contender for a gravel conversion. To raise the front end I bought a Velo Orange Cigne stem. It's weird, I've never had a stem that's taller than the head tube!

Looks a bit ridiculous


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I thought it looked quite cool on the velo blog though?

https://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2016/09/cigne-stems-available.html
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Thoughts? I also have a Surly corner bar so won't need to change the brakes/shifters etc.

I like it. The VO in pic has an even shorter headtube. Jacquie Phelan's bike for comparison:

 

[retroJIM]

I like it. The VO in pic has an even shorter headtube. Jacquie Phelan's bike for comparison:

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I did see that, it was partly what gave me the idea

 

[retroJIM]

Now with Surly Corner bars

 

[ferrus]

Not normally a fan of conversions like this at all, but I think this is fab. A really coherent looking build!

 

[retroJIM]

Took for a spin at lunch time. Gotta say the Surly Corner bars are very weird but I do like them. I swapped out the tyres again for some Geax Pluma 26x1.8, not much tread but they're really light (around 300g) and roll well. I also got an Alpkit bar bag which is really useful and helps hide the massive stem.

 

[retroJIM]

I've decided to sell this if anyone's interested.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/pennine-mtb-frame-and-orange-f7-forks.467835/

 

[Spankyfart]

What are the plans for the corner bar, you keeping them?

 

[retroJIM]

Nah, they're on eBay.

 

[Spankyfart]

Ah I see them, that 35,- euro more then a new one. Are these so much more expensive in the UK?

 

[retroJIM]

I priced it £20 less than I paid so yeah probably. I'm accepting offers but probably not worthwhile to ship outside the UK.