Recent content by Lhatch4

Ignore all of that. 26 was standard for MTB until around 2003. Then the 29er came out 29=700c. A while later 27.5 came out. 27.5=650b. That's all anyone really needs to know about MTB wheel sizes.

This is my old titanium bike that I changed to 650b. The frame can fit 26x2.5 tires. When switching to 650b I had to go down to a 2.1 width tire and low profile lugs. It has just enough clearance on the RS SID fork to work. The increase in bottom bracket height was minimal with my setup. I...

There are several considerations. The frame needs lots of clearance. You will need go down in tire width, even if there is lots of tire clearance. It's obviously easier to make the conversion if you're using disc brakes. Rim brakes do exist that will accommodate larger rims but you will need to...

Carefully drill out the screw and re-tap the threads.

The sm400 appears to have cantaleaver brakes. The catalog specs them as Dia Compe 960. The crusty white one has roller cams.

So I just found this 24 x 26 sm600 with a shimano deore drive and suntour roller cam brakes, that is in better condition. I might try to get this one instead. From what I can see, I think the white one is an 87 sm800 26 x 26 with a Suntour XC 9000 groupset (precursor to XC Pro). What are the...

Pedal clearance makes sense. It's an unusual design for sure. Aluminum at that time is rare. The BMX influence is obvious. They were just figuring things out at the time.

This is why I'm on this website all the time. Thanks for the info. If it's still available when I get home from my vacation in a few days, I'll get it. Thanks!

They just dropped the price from $100 to $50. I'm tempted but I don't know if I can do anything with it. If that dent wasn't there I would take it.

This is on marketplace near me. I don't really need another project but I like this bike. I'm not very familiar with this one. It looks like it has a nasty dent on the chainstay. What do you think? It's probably worth the money just for parts.

That looks like a decent set of Ritchey Z-Max tires.

If memory serves, I bought the bike with matching round chainrings. The middle chainring was worn along with the chain. I replaced the chain with a new one and grabbed the only middle chainring in my stash that would fit the bolt pattern. It was an off-brand elliptical. It has a top swing XT...

I think my Monster Fat has a mix of chainrings. I need to look at it. I have thumbie shifters on that bike. It shifts fine. Thumb shifters make life easier. I'm not sure if it would work the same using trigger shifters.

A couple days ago I crossed paths with a guy on a shiny new ebike. He politely said hi, and said "it's just me" indicating that there's no other bikers behind him. I thought to myself, "of course it's just you, you're on an ebike. Get used to being alone. " If that's the direction of new, I'll...

Lhatch4's 1986 Ritchey Ultra I thought I'd add this one to the contest this month. I really enjoyed building this bike. I hope you like it too. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1986-ritchey-ultra.490631/