I am determined to build up a drop bar 26er that I actually like and that looks good. Drop pics of your 80s drop bar builds that you ended up liking 🤙
by Olderschoolwillie
I am determined to build up a drop bar 26er that I actually like and that looks good. Drop pics of your 80s drop bar builds that you ended up liking 🤙
by Olderschoolwillie
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If you get rid of those bullmoose bars I will light myself on fire
https://preview.redd.it/dwemlxv16tlf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0c41265157d9e5511f78c98f0e3aec925909556
https://preview.redd.it/r43722ef8tlf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d28d3a8499590caac0eb8bc5b02399f1a05ecdf8
Not entirely sure it’s 80s, but not sure it’s not either.
https://preview.redd.it/ny3k7ob97tlf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbb75e4230925cfb275dbd78206b01d2e4cb4f27
This setup worked fairly well for a low-cost and low-effort conversion. It’s a very tall and short reach quill stem, the type that would be spec’d on a dutch omafiets. I think it was $12 on Amazon. It was designed for flat bars, so I had to gently spread the clamp with a big flathead screwdriver to get the bars installed.
I was running a front v brake with road levers here which isn’t supposed to work but it seemed to work well enough for me.
I don’t have any because every time I tried this it sucked ass. Those bullmoose bars are beautiful
Deffo not 80s but I enjoy this little Blaster. The fit is more on the aggressive side but I like it and it rides nicely. Probably gonna swap it over to 1x.
https://preview.redd.it/mfnvi7zwetlf1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79914b6f5383d2dd0365b4a06a52f9341b489ce9
29er but [this is my early 90s Marin Redwoods](https://imgur.com/a/sGh9DrQ) I converted to drops!!! Rips!!!
https://preview.redd.it/yst1gi4mktlf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=676df324434e4d899572035568b432ef42a7776b