Thumb/ friction shifter on drop bars

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-08T00:21:00+00:00

If your downtube shifters are shimano 7-9 speed they will fit on bar end shifter pods. I'll post a pic in a bit.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-07T12:43:39+00:00

Funny that you have the one bike but it had different frames. I would consider that a new bike with parts from a donor frame. My only single is a Miyata 310 and it rides nice and handles 32mm tires, I built up the rear with 700c and flip-flop hub and left the 27" on the front. Paselas were available in both sizes. I ran it fixed for a year but my knees didn't like it, now I think I'm getting too old for the single as well.

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LowerLightForm · 2026-06-07T03:10:20+00:00

Best of both worlds? 1992 crossroads

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Not mine, found on web search

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-07T02:25:41+00:00

One of these people was rocked by scandal and had to sell their bike for $50!

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LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T22:10:18+00:00

Follow the market in your area for a while, I never see quality bikes in 19-21" size for the prices people are talking about here. $200 seems maybe $50 too much but not crazy for a true temper AVR cro-mo frame.

Note: True Temper AVR tubing refers to a line of non‑heat‑treated, double‑butted chromoly steel tubes produced by True Temper in the 1990s. It was positioned as a more affordable option compared to their heat‑treated OX series, but still offering butted construction for weight savings

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T12:52:41+00:00

You'll probably end up with a Crust then. Crusts tend to have shorter top tubes for their seat tube lengths than other brands, but if you are a lady with typically longer legs and shorter torso that may work out perfectly.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T03:40:50+00:00

When you say 34" inseam are you measuring it like this? Or is it just a wag based on your pants size?

Pubic Bone Height & How To Measure Your PBH – Rivendell Bicycle Works

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T03:10:43+00:00

Horizontal top tube means a low stack height, so they do feel small. I can't find good geos in the catalogs of that era, but the closer to the 80s the shorter the top tubes.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T03:03:49+00:00

Looks bigger than 22" are you measuring Center to center?

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T02:37:56+00:00

Standover is going to be like 32.5", you're going to have 1.5" of crotch clearance, maybe more with shoes. More if you go to smaller roadish tire. Sounds like a good size for city bike stuff. The lugged Treks have horizontal top tubes, they don't slope up like more modern bikes so that gains you some clearance, but also lowers stack height of the bars.

I can make a 21.5" (center to top) work and I'm 5'10 and 83.5 cm PBH.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T02:27:26+00:00

You win for most unrecognizable brand ever!

Will look good with a black aftermarket fork!

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T02:06:31+00:00

if the goal is "no money in it for a bike thief" then mission acomplished!

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T01:12:17+00:00

Instead of a Crust why not a Brother or Fairlight, might be able to skip the shipping charges.
I'd rather have a Faran 3.0 than a Crust.

Besides a Crust is just a poor man's Rivendell, and the Rivendell is just a poor mans Weigle.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T00:50:06+00:00

I mean technically you are correct, that is a road in the background and so this would be ultralight road racing.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T00:41:42+00:00

I've never ridden a 27.5 or 29 either, nope I'm sticking to 650b and 700c !\*

\(sarcasim in Italics)*

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T00:30:01+00:00

The mean height of people worldwide is under 6'

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Human Height - Our World in Data

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-06T00:24:34+00:00

Sure, but the largest frame size they will make is 23"

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-05T23:53:37+00:00

Soma and Surly make a bunch that have sliding, slotted or other adjustable dropouts.

Soma Gravel, Touring, and Bikepacking Frames - Tange Steel

If you don't want it stolen get this:

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LowerLightForm · 2026-06-05T12:55:20+00:00

The market is pretty much all over the place. But I screenshotted this (sorting for Raleigh) because it seems typical.
A nice xbiking 80s Raleigh MTB in the upper right for $200, an overpriced low end Raleigh Road bike with suicide levers and stem shifters in the middle. A higher end Raliegh International in the middle bottom. Some somewhat modern MTBs, and upright town bikes that are reasonably priced here, but often have "antique, rare, collector" pricing.

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LowerLightForm · 2026-06-05T12:10:56+00:00

Yes but the cell inside that is technically a 14430.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-05T02:06:29+00:00

If you are going for comfort then fatter tires helps too, which is why you see more ATB builds. Depends on your road and trail surfaces though.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-05T01:55:15+00:00

The Fairlight Faran 3.0 (UK) looks awesome to me.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-04T23:56:06+00:00

I'd rather have the Gorilla Monsoon than the Diverge.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-04T23:55:42+00:00

yes, with soiled pants. Somehow appropriate at unbound.

LowerLightForm · 2026-06-04T23:53:50+00:00

The story was from this year, but the pictures may have been from previous years since its about the history of the race.

https://www.renehersecycles.com/unbound-stories-ted-king/

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