Some questions about MT bikes from a total noob
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i'm coming from road, and my ideal size is a 53 ett, with a 110 stem and 80mm bar reach.
what size Mt bike would i be looking at?
i was also wondering if its possible to run campy road components?
i would be looking for a hard-tail with cantilever/side pull brakes bosses (not disk), and using drop bars.
just looking for something more upright, and fat-tired than traditional road bike position.
not doing any technical downhill or anything like that.
what size Mt bike would i be looking at?
i was also wondering if its possible to run campy road components?
i would be looking for a hard-tail with cantilever/side pull brakes bosses (not disk), and using drop bars.
just looking for something more upright, and fat-tired than traditional road bike position.
not doing any technical downhill or anything like that.
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Yeah, that would seem to make sense. Ive got a ritchey swiss cross. But it still feels a little too bent over.
I've gotta be honest, I'm somewhat confused about why you want to buy a bike from the early '90s. A lot of what you're describing is a modern gravel bike, but they're pretty much all disc brake now. Some Touring bikes may do the job, but it depends how fat you want the tyres to be.Catagory6 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:43 pmi was also wondering if its possible to run campy road components?
i would be looking for a hard-tail with cantilever/side pull brakes bosses (not disk), and using drop bars.
just looking for something more upright, and fat-tired than traditional road bike position.
not doing any technical downhill or anything like that.
Some Gravel bikes can run up to 2.2" 650b tires. They will have disc brakes too though.
Probably a 17.5"/medium frame. Except for your requirement to run drops, so you'll probably need a small frame to get the top tube anywhere near (MTBs tend to be several cm longer than an equivalent road frame)
Almost certainly not. They don't make cranks that'll fit an MTB frame, might struggle with a front mech too.
You need to be on retrobike. Not many/any current MTBs fulfill your requirements
A small MTB frame (to get the ETT length/reach) will have a tiny headtube, so you'll either need a foot long steerer, or some other freakish front end set up.
As said before, get a gravel bike.
Then you can run campag, and discs (cable if you insist) and drops, and get a high front end. And run biggish tyres. Or 29ers, or fat 700c road/cross.
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