MTB to Gravel: Does it work? 

Hi.. Thanks man.. Yeah.. Definitely make if more fun..

Yeah man.. Agreed.. Converted to 27.5 and lovin it.. Shifting ain't great but i can live with it for now, maybe later on change to a corner bar and go back to the mtb shifter.. and I do miss my hydraulic brakes.. But for now i'm enjoying the drop bar..

With a couple of oddball exceptions Shimano road and mountain rear derailleurs all have the same cable pull, the fly in the ointment is the front. Different cable pull between road and MTB plus different seat tube angles make it tough finding an FD to work with an indexed road front shifter. I did a drop bar conversion on an '88 Karakoram with a 3X8 using Sunrace brifters and Shimano 105 road derailleurs. The 105 was for a tube angle close enough to my GT that it worked, it works great in fact. Of course if you switch to a 1X front then all you need is an RD with enough range for your rear cassette. I'm running 175mm crank arms and 26 X 2.1 tires, pedal strike has never been an issue for me.

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 hey, they do have hydraulic options on drop bar types. Not sure if its gonna work on your bike.

Owh ok.. Thanks for the info

Que haces aquí Fred. Saludos mi For Ever MTB

Hi.. Thanks.. Its a 26 mtb frame.. Fits a 27.5 well.. Haven't try a 700 yet.. But it should fit as well

Thank you Sir.. Love seeing your bike restotarion and painting techniques..

Hi.. Thanks bro.. Fork is rigid aluminium from Pasak and tyres are Panaracer Gravel King

Thanks dude

Nice.. I'm considering of getting a corner bar too so i could use back my hydraulic brakes and the deore shifter.. But it seems to be quite fun riding drop bars.. Hehe

Thank you sir.. Yes its great, really loving it.. Its just a wee bit on the heavier side, later on will upgrade to lighter parts.. Happy pedalling to you too..

Thanks for the info.. Will try it then

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 Yeah, working on my own old MTB to gravel-ish bike. Bought new SLX 11 speed shifters and derailleur intending to do it in two stages, upgraded drivetrain for now, and then road bars and shifters at some point in the future. Once I got the road shifters, I was gonna move the SLX onto an older MTB that has SRAM ten speed. Then decided, hell, just do it now, put the SRAM 10 speed on the new gravel build, and then I won't have to worry about getting a Shiftmate or Tanpan to make the cable pull work. Just need to get a set of SRAM ten speed road levers. Probably use an old road stem and bars I have for now(it's a threaded steerer), until I decide whether I want to use a threadless adapter and 31.8 bar and stem. Probably will have to, just to get a short enough stem.

@@achn2b Nice.. Giving new purpose to old bikes is so satisfying.. Testing out what works and what not is the best part of the build.. Getting new ideas and sharing infos.. I'm still working on my bike and i hate using the shiftmate to be honest.. Its good to know that sram works as i only had shimanos at the moment.. Hope to see ur build..

Sensah quantum 2x10 brifter mate to a shimano tourney brake and shimano deore rd

Thank you

Hi bro.. Shoppe

Hi.. Yes it helped.. Not perfect but it does helped shifting all 10 cogs.. Without the adapter shifted 8 speed only..

Hi.. Its a brake cable puller adapter for folding bike from Litepro..

Thank you for the comment.. Yeah good question.. Haven't thought of it.. But for me riding rigid makes it more fun.. But for the rough trails i do prefer my full suspension mtb.. Hehe..

Honestly, rigid forks look really clean on an aero bike. Maybe it all just comes down to aesthetics? Cuz on gravel and trails the speed lost from having the suspension counteract your pedaling force can't be that significant.

Weight. Especially if you're starting with a relatively inexpensive 90s or 00s mtb with a pogo stick front fork.

Hi.. The geo is good for gravel riding and yes its comfortable..

Most brifter 11 speed boleh je rasanye.. Cuma problemnya is cable pull road shifter ngan mtb derailleur x sama

Hi boss.. Fork is universal can fit from 26 up to 29er.. pedal clearance no issues..

Hi.. Its a Deckas 38t

Sensah quantum 2x10 brifter mate to a shimano tourney calipers

Tq

Thanks man.. Calipers worked fine.. Just the rear derailleur needs a converter coz of the different pull ratio

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 can you tell me the model of brake calipers you used?

@@retinal7493 hi.. Its a shimano tourney

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 thanks for the fast reply. I‘ve read online that there‘s a bit of incompatibility when it comes to using STIs with mtb break calipers. Do you have any complaints so far?

@@retinal7493 yup.. There is compatibility issue due to different cable pull

Terima kasih.. 😊

Haha.. Yeah man.. Sharp eyes.. I made it from maxxis tyre packing.. 😊

Awesome I thinking it was homemade. I made one once out of a smart water bottle. I may have to do it again. Thanks for the inspiration

@@I_am_Jeff Glad that you like it.. Bottles works really well too.. Go for it..

Still getting use to it and i do like the multiple hand position..

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 Im a Filipino, worked there in Ipoh City for 2 years.

@@papa_ethan Cool.. Ipoh is my home town..

I have one that I built. the bike is great... only sometimes a small issue with the some gears... mine is now with suspension fork and like that is a truly one for all bike... my main motivation is that I love the drops bars.

@@cospinan yeah man.. Same here.. Dont know why but i'm starting to love the drop bars

27.5x1.9

It depends on the size of your bike frame comrade…🤣🤣🤣

Из mtb получаются как раз очень крутые гравийники. И они больше пригодны для езды по пересеченке чем непосредственно гравиники из магазина.

Fork can fit up to a 29er

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Shifter converter is actually a brake converter from litepro..

Thank you

Hi.. Reach is a bit strech at first but after sliding the saddle forward slightly it seems to work for me.. Later i might try a shorter stem and see how it feels..

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 okay thanks for the reply! I mainly use my mtb on roads and really want to try drop bars but a lot says handling becomes bad with shorter stem on higher speeds. That is the only reason discouraging me from doing this conversion. (dont want a road bike cause of the bad roads here in the Philippines) plus the durability of mtb parts is just way higher when compared to other types of bikes on the same price range (also cheaper)

@@jhayveecamacho3900 you should try drop bars.. Its much more fun and you have multiple hand positions.. And yes shorter stem makes handling much faster.. Or maybe you can try Corner bar instead

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 yeah i am also considering the corner bar, but it sucks that only stainless steel is the current material it is available in. anyways thank you for answering my questions

@@jhayveecamacho3900 you're welcome.. Its good to chat with you..

Converter utk cable pull pendek ke panjang.. Shifter road ngan derailleur mtb lain cable pull ratio

Tu ah bro.. Rasa mcm nak tukar gak

Hi.. Noted.. Thanks for the comment..

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 well does it work?

@@8thsheet407 hi.. So far its working fine.. Gonna put more miles on it before i made my conclusion..

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 ok. Is it lighter when you're pedaling the bike?

@@8thsheet407 yes.. Its way lighter now.. And the gravel kings rolls fast

Panaracer Gravel King SS+

Lovin it..

27.5x1.9 tyres

Tq bro.. Thanks for the support..

Deore m593

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 klau guna tension adjuster rasanya blh x?

@@mohdhafizie3805 tuan maksudkan barrel adjuster ke? Hanya akan dpt 8 speed je.. cable pull ratio utk 10 speed ke atas berbeza antara road ngan mtb.. Samada guna travel agent atau pkai rd road dan tambah roadlink supaya boleh pkai casette range besar..

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 Sy guna 9 speed ltwoo a5, ingat nak guna brifter ltwoo r5 atau sensah ignite.

@@mohdhafizie3805 saya x pasti la ngan setup bro sbb saya x pernah guna.. Saya pun eksperimen je.. Bro cuba dulu.. Nnt kita boleh eksperimen sama2

Tqtq bang.. 😊

Belum layan lagi.. Bike baru siap.. Hehe

@@hezrie.ghafar7410 kawasan kejiranan aje tau... Hahaha..

@@DeyyKayuhla ya bro.. Stayhomestaysafe

Yeah.. Me too.. Hehe

Thanks man.. Will get it replace soon