Ok I finally took the plunge and bought some On one Midge bars for my retro Kona Explosif.

Can you show me your bikes with drop bars so I can get some inspiration/ ideas for set up etc

Any help would be appreciated particlarly about gears/ shifter/ drivetrain set up, sorry but sarcy comments won’t

cheers

no coz u r a freak

drop bars on an mtb!!

horses for courses really (whatever that means).

gonna use it for commuting on road, canal towpath, old railway trails etc so it will be perfect.

Just want some advice from folks who’ve done similar ( I know yo’re out there)

*stabs eyes*

Good God, look at that Kona!

I have some strange friends doing unspeakable things to perfectly good MTB’s at the moment…..

and this mongrel…

i quite like that Stumpy

for my retro Kona Explosif

don’t you mean “old”? 🙂

yeah, you’re right, can’t really call it retro, seen as how its becoming more and more bastardised with strange set-ups components

oh well, still great bike

2retro4u
Marin County, Cali

Tomac

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Orwell was a f#@king optimist.

You can even buy one ready made…

Tomac DB10

Now this is my kind of thread, here’s my baby – big wheels too 😆

BP

bp – after the earlier eye melters, that’s rather tastefully done. Like it.

Used to ride in Cornwall with a bike mechanic called Andy Holmes (Andy if you read this get in touch!) who had drops on the bike he used for the Polaris, I just put it down to him being from Manchester, seems it’s contagious.

Nice bike though, BP.

Thanks. The white stem is black now, it was all had to hand at the time.

I did consider thins, but then thought i’ll buy a cross bike, as for the cost i could sell the old mtb, and buy a cx bike. Much better!

Custom Solitude monstercross bike, with clearance for 2.25″ tyres.

My evolving cross/road (ish) bike..

Road bars and gearing on a MTB frame

nae gears though………………. they’re for winners

presumably the kona pic isn’t actually a bike owned by anyone on here?
i thought waterbottles are in STW thinking the work of the devil

did we not have this thread 2 weeks ago?

anyway here is my fugly complete with waterbottle

here it is plenty of open mindedness!

ok, here it is in all its glory.

C:\Documents and Settings\new\My Documents\My Pictures\My Bikes

my Kona Explosif

ok, that din't work, how do you post phots?

im offended.

no really, im quite well known in certain circles for trying "weird" things, its all in the spirit of shed style progress and tinkering, but those HORRIBLE things make baby jesus cry!

that kona at the top is on a par with aids, bad aids.
eugh

… oh my word look at those spokes!!

mine's prettiest….

YoGrant – Member

mine's prettiest….

No it's not.

Mine's prettiester than yours….

yogrant

very very nice 😆

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ok, I'll try again

My Kona

For shmoo:

Grant's one is prettiest… singlespeedstu, a brown saddle? On that frame? Your eyes need looking at. 😉

As for that M2 Stumpjumper up there ^^^^, on which I love the frame, I'm less disturbed by the use of the drop bars than the fact that the owner is still using the original forks!

head to mtbr they have hunners of monstercross pics

Grant's one is prettiest.

In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king and you'd need to be blind to think either were actually pretty. 😉

The only picture on this thread that gave me hope for the world was the one where some kind soul tried to lynch SSStu's bike in a tree

I just don't get it……………… Why?

Do you use drops on a road bike, or do you just not "get" drops? 🙂

Sam from Singular has a LOT to answer for…. 🙂

Hi,

Not really pretty but functional

Commuting mode/baby carrying mode

Knobbly mode

Regards

I think that they all look really cool… the people dissin them must not realise that they are by far the fastest on smooth or muddy trails… cyclo cross is keepin it real!

Mine too (grant,Stu) sorry the pics not all outdoorsy but i do have my custom rack mounts and hydraulic brakeset 🙂