1990s Gravel Bike Conversion! Specialized Crossroads Cruz! 

I have the exact same frame! Awesome build, thank you for sharing

According to my research steel bike seatpost sizes are based on the OD, wall thickness, and intended use of the frame so a 26.6 generally means decent tubing that may be thicker for strength. Since most steel tubes(non-metric/french) are 28.6 OD it means thinner tubes generally run larger seatposts. I run some old shimano xt friction thumb shifters on a road bike with vintage scott MTB bars and it's pretty awesome. Nice that that specialized is 135mm rear end and has tons of tire room. 700x40+ tires would be super comfy, my old mtb I use for rough roads has a 26x47 and I run no bike shorts most of the time since the tire+seat absorb so much of the bumps.

I had the 1994 model similar to the one you converted. Nice build 😎👍🏽!

Nice down to earth bike build and you didn't go crazy with fancy new parts. maybe 45mm tires will be comfortable but not as zippy. Depends what you like. I have no problem with friction shifters 🙂

Looks good man - if you ever go drop bar, I just set up the Sensah SRX Pro on my gravel build and it is perfect. It's even cheaper now, too.

Cool build brother

I did the same thing with a similar frame but with drops

Looks great. I've been eyeing these bikes for a while to do a similar conversion. I believe the rear hub spacing is 135mm, right? So in theory you could run a modern freehub, I think. Nice job!

Have you changed any freehubs when upgrading bikes? I have 1990 nasbar road 6 speed rear cassette. I want to use 2 sets of wheels 1 for clean paved road trails and the other for groomed gravel trails. I got a good price on bontranger race lite but it is a little too wide for my bike in the back. Any ideas?

pretteh baik

Its not a gravel if it do not have drops. But nice work though