90s Mountain Bike To Gravel Bike

But how similar are they.

90s mountain bike to gravel bike. A mountain bike with hybrid tires can do everything a gravel bike can and more so yes i don t get buying a dedicated gravel bike if you can simply buy gravel hybrid tires for like 30 each or just get a skinny wheelset for them and switch wheelsets in a few minutes at a time. Trek 830 mountain track frame turned into a gravel bike for anywhere everywhere. But what i don t have is a drop barred gravel bike which got me thinking what about making a project of the trek. They share a lot of the same characteristics.

90s mountain bike to single speed gravel grinder conversion hey all here s a project i recently completed. We get this comment a lot and decided to compare geometries between the modern gravel all road bike and a 84 stumpjumper. Sent from my sm g975u using tapatalk 05 25 2020 2. It is a mid late 90s trek 830 with a cromoly frame and rigid forks.

Full suspension bikes can be used as well but could add weight and price and would need to offer the ability to lock out the rear suspension to avoid energy loss in flat areas. Are gravel bikes just retro mountain bikes. Wakidesigns may 26. Part of this is putting modern drop bars on the bike any recommendations on bar tape that won t unravel and will be comfortable.

Aren t gravel bikes just repurposed mountain bike technology. We also talk about reasons why we choose a drop bar style gravel bike over a mountain bike for the rides and events we like to do. Gravel bike vs mountain bike. Yes many road bikes from the 60s 70s and 80s can make fine gravel bikes even if we joke that gravel cycling wasn t invented at the time although many of us enjoy venturing off pavement on our modern road bikes manufacturers built bikes during the 60s through 80s for roads from that era when dirt and gravel roads were certainly more prevalent and the tight tolerances and.

90s trek mountain track conversion to gravel bike. And have modern gravel bikes improved. I m doing a conversion of a trek 850 from the 90s to a gravel street bike. Bike selection a hardtail 29er is going to be the closest to a gravel bike while also offering the benefits of a true mountain bike.

My 98 gt outpost that i converted to a single speed 32x16 gravel bike. The routt is moots do it all gravel racing shred venturing bike that is available in a number of different build options including the routt ybb. Feels good in the drops on the hoods and on top of the flat.