1988 specialized rockhopper.....ratro drop bar bike

[longun]

sooooooooo, had this a while. post was stuck, bb was uber stuck and although i planned it away again i just couldnt :| (sorry)

spent ages getting the post out, big hammers, heat oil etc and ended up hacksawing it and knocking it down.....which may be an issue later? sod it :roll:

then tried similar with the bb, went through 3 blades, a bottle of gas and a cheap ebay bb tool..............finally gave in.



got the mini breaker out the building tools cupbaord and hay presto, a few carefully positioned blows and it was free!!!! :shock:

then, looking at drop bar builds and not wanting to ruin the dyna techs going to work etc thought about doing a cx/retro/drop bar thingy. found some bars and 7 speed sti's at work(free) and salvaged bits from the spare boxs and here it is. only things i needed to buy were the grips and a rear brake cable :shock: cheapest build yet for me

not mint, not bothered :mrgreen:




this needs to be a t-shirt


sprog approves



test ride will be work commute monday, riding locally omorrow but taking the pace

any way of making double sti shifters work on a triple??

 

[Rodrigues]

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Super cool

Is that the original stem? Often you have to change it to get something upright to work with drop bars - does the position feel ok?

 

[The History Man]

Blue/red left/right reminders?

Nice job. Have you tried braking on steep down bits yet? :shock:

 

[longun]

Re: Re:

Super cool

Is that the original stem? Often you have to change it to get something upright to work with drop bars - does the position feel ok?

nah, its a 1" ahead converter with shim and high rise 1 1/8 stem so plenty of adjustment to learn the trade and get it comfy

 

[longun]

Blue/red left/right reminders?

Nice job. Have you tried braking on steep down bits yet? :shock:

colours are for fun.... :facepalm:

steep bits....lincolnshire............1 hill and itll be fine i rek, more for commuting but itll be keeping flat pedals for playful home runs and being shit haha

 

[Steve_T]

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Nice!