Andrey

ENVE MOG

mstateglfr 

Wow that's some serious flare on the bars!

Andrey

Bars are Ritchey Butano 40mm. Actually the flare is very comfortable and not as extreme as I thought it would be.
https://ritcheylogic.com/bike/handle...tano-handlebar

Andrey

Currently retired onto the indoor trainer, the picture was taken last year

OldBlueTrek

I like the Trek, I just picked up a 700 today with this "conversion" in mind. What all did you add/subtract from it and do you find it good for anything besides looking at? (some nattering nabobs say they aren't)

john m flores 

This is a 20" wheeled bike designed for gravel and bikepacking.



I just rode 200+ miles in the hilly Finger Lakes region of New York, about 20% on gravel. My buddy was on a 700c bike with 40mm+ tires. I'm guessing that this Bike Friday All-Packa is maybe 0.5mph slower. But all things considered, we were well matched.

I also did the 330 mile GAP/C&O and ridden singletrack on it

nathand

It's good for most of the things a bike is good for! Mine is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none kind of bike. It's smooth on gravel and it's a great commuter/city bike (old steel frame so I don't care if it gets banged up and it's not an attractive target for theft). Also an excellent way to learn how to build up a bike. I'm just as fast and nearly as comfortable on it as on my modern, more expensive Jamis Renegade (also a steel gravel bike). Do I need two gravel bikes? No, and the Renegade is a nicer bike (11-speed drivetrain, hydraulic brakes), but I still ride the Trek quite a bit. It's a very capable and fun bike for not much money, plus I enjoyed building it up.

I pulled the whole bike apart. The only parts that are original are the frame, fork, headset, brakes, and wheels (mostly). I bought a crashed road bike (roof rack vs garage incident) and used the shifters, crankset and front derailleur from that. I replaced the original, pitted bottom bracket with a modern Shimano Hollowtech one that I had sitting around. The front hub needed new cones, which fortunately I found at a local shop. In order to use a 10-speed cassette, I swapped the freehub body from another wheel and moved spacers around to get the spacing right, then re-dished the wheel. Picked up an 11-36 cassette from Craigslist. Found a rear derailleur at the local co-op that could shift the cassette. I really like the range of the 50/34 chainrings paired with the 11/36 cassette, and it all shifts smoothly. Experimented with stems and handlebars from Craigslist and the co-op until I found something I like well enough. Finally, I bought a new chain, brake pads, and bar tape at my LBS.

The folks over at Show your Trek Multitrack! would be happy to provide more examples of such conversions.

OldBlueTrek

Oh wow. There goes my week. Trek heaven. .

50voltphantom

tangerineowl

For the chonk + softstuff cruising.

DorkDisk

I like your crank setup, is that like a 42/24?

tangerineowl

^ Close: 40/22.

veloceleste

2017 Tamland1 with some modifications done over the years. SLK carbon cranks with 46/30 chainrings, 40-11 xtr cassette, redshift shock stop stem, redshift kitchen sink handlebar. I also have a second set of Mercury wheels for road riding with 32mm tires and a 36-11 cassette.

Hill160881

Just finished this up two months ago. Lynskey gr300 external frame. Got it on a flash sale for $950. Lots of gearing with a 2x13 speed system. Low gear is 30/36.

I really wanted a Ti aero front fork and gave this China one a try. It was also the only one I could find lol. It took a lot to make work due to quality control issues.
First off it was sold as a 1.5 taper and its actually constant diameter. Then it was 0.10 mm to big for a constant diameter crown race to be pressed on. Then the wheel sat off center and was clocked to the drive side enough to allow the tire to almost touch. There were cracks in the welds on the weld exit points. It’s internally routing only…. In the end I was able to fix it to a perfectly functional point. Had to turn a 1.5 taper crown race on a lathe to fit it. Then straighten the fork and have the cracks covered again with a tig. I have most of these tools. The company refunded the purchase price and did not want the fork back. That’s what made it worth messing with.
The finished product looks great. The fork should handle a 35c tire. I only wish someone was making this fork 1” taller and wide enough to accommodate a 40c
I did a custom internal routing of the front brake line and tucked the rear against the frame and it looks clean.
Weight is 8.5kg as pictured.

Hill160881

this think looks so good. Love it.