Retro DropBar MTB - Wheeltop EDS TDX Wireless Electronic Groupset

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@andyhodge9703 Ай бұрын

The laser guided handlebar alignment thingy is probably the most superfluous tool I've ever seen .

@maxpetification Ай бұрын

and it's only 10 bucks on aliexpress, imma order one myself

@SHWELL11 Ай бұрын

It's refreshing to see someone who like the Charge Spoon Saddles as much as I do.

@kontaminiran Ай бұрын

Hey dude! I'm starting a huge retro build project (with a wish to make them more often) in my home country of Croatia, so by using the Google to search for the perfect tires for my build, I've run into this amazing gem, your KZbin channel. As a person doing it for the very first time ever, after more then 25 years of riding all kinds of bikes, I'm gonna need all the help I can get. I've already got the tools part covered by my "local" bike shop, which is "just" 30 something kilometers from my current location. The bike itself is super unique and very weird looking. Paint job on the steel frame is still the original one from the factory (almost 30 years after they've made it), so they really don't make them like they've used to anymore. I'm gonna be starting with the videos about the whole build very soon and after I'm done with that, my plan is to do a little traveling with the bike. After all this is finished, I'm gonna give it away (with a brand new helmet) as a gift to the new lucky owner. Please, can we be/stay in contact, so I can try to use a little bit of your knowledge or some simple advice now and then. Much love and support from Croatia and please come here (with a bike) if you can. We are something like mini US of A, regardind the variety of bike trails, so you can't and won't be bored here if you have the MTB or any other kind of bike. My Google mail is the same as my KZbin channel, but the @ comes after the word kontaminiran, which also means contaminated in my language. 😂 Once again, you have an amazing channel and I'm super happy that now I have something to watch while my hands are clean. P.S. Sorry if my english is bad, but this is my second language.

@nemanjauric2939 Ай бұрын

Komsija srecno u poduhvatu! I ja razmisljam da se upustim preko zime u slican projekat!

@draggonhedd Ай бұрын

Craig relax your bar tape looks fine. Do it about 10 more times and you'll have it shop-perfect.

@benanigans74 13 күн бұрын

Just ordered 3 bulky boy stickers to go all the way to New Zealand. Thanks man!

@glennpettersson9002 Ай бұрын

I have done the 700x40c thing on a 26" frame and it does weird up the geo, the seat to pedal height remains the same but putting a foot down becomes a stretch. What I have at the moment is 27.5x1.4 {36c} and because the overall diameter of the wheel and tyre is closer to 26x2.3 the bike is more comfortable to use. I also run an old 10 speed with 28c and that handles hard packed surfaces well and it "feels" faster.

@thebikefelix Ай бұрын

Very cool build Craig! That’s it your finally on the drop bar gang ;)

@MylesHSG Ай бұрын

Love the progression, we started with cheap sram groupsets on yhe channel and now were onto wireless 😅

@JohnPilling25 Ай бұрын

That's cool. Love the front rack❤️. I 've just finished rebuilding a Trek 930 (the 3rd one I've done) - took it for a ride and the frame is too small for me so it will have to go. I'm not wasting more money/time converting it to drop bars, 10 speed cassette etc. I've already enough on my plate shifting another bike to drop bars and having to replace my hydraulic brakes with cable disc brakes coz the grifters I have are all cable and the budget is not going to stretch to new hydraulic 10 speed brifters. Growtac equal pull cable disc brakes are what I really want but they too are cost prohibitive. I don't want anything electronic shifting because I often don't have access to anywhere to recharge the electronics.

@mechanicus84 Ай бұрын

No bike is too weird! - awesome bike,awesome vid as always!

@barriobikes68 Ай бұрын

Too weird? Not a chance. 👍🏾 Btw...you must have had a surge of sticker purchases after this video. Totally cool...I'll just wait for the restock. 🤞🏾 Cheers! 👊🏽

@StreetShots79 Ай бұрын

You cant just drop a saddle like that and not tell us what, where and how muck????? Oh and great video man. Love what you do!

@durden.tyler537 Ай бұрын

I’m in the US where the low sloping top tube has always been a thing. One thing I don’t understand - How do you [across the pond] assess if a bike frame is too small? Is it the height of the top tube? Distance between seatpost and handlebars? Relation of seat center over BB? Seat over rear wheel? Isn’t a low standover height desirable to allow the rider to move the seat for stand up trail riding?

@bikeenjoyer32 Ай бұрын

Keen to see what u do with the crossroads

@fortheloveof2wheels873 Ай бұрын

I did something similar a few years back with the frame being just a bit to short. A buddy said try real wide bars so I got some salsa crowbars in a 50 or 52 and it transformed the bike. The wide bars just looked kool and rode more aggressively .

@TheKangass Ай бұрын

i feel you with the sidequests Craig... :-D sic build!

@johnnydoe66 Ай бұрын

I have been looking for a nice 90's mtn 26er myself to build out as a drop bar gravel rig. My current build is my '98 Barracuda XC URT frame as a flat bar softtail gravel bike with a suspension corrected rigid steel fork. Personally, I think this build of yours looks pretty sweet.

@heywhotsgoinon8286 Ай бұрын

Its a great bike. I'd love something like that for where i live. ( really hilly ) but, like you said, it needs a bigger frame and i'd be tempted to raise the drop bars higher so that the lower part of the bars are level with the saddle. Great project.👍

@madisondeans5566 Ай бұрын

😉👍,bike is bad ass,love the proportions,tires are rad! Nailed it!

@wonderingmonitor1996 Ай бұрын

Lovely fun bike Craig, I love it (granted, I'm riding a touring bike that I've converted to drop bars with brifters, for sake of bikepacking and the occasional gravel/CX event 😉)

@durden.tyler537 Ай бұрын

OMG, the laser is sick! Never knew there was such a tool….desperately need…

@alexstobbart7343 Ай бұрын

Looks brilliant as is. Just see how it feel and swap out the frame if it is too small.

@brankoradic2749 Ай бұрын

We're all bikesexuals here, we'll ride anything 😂 Sick bike...again ❤👏🏻👍🏻

@GintarasB86 Ай бұрын

It looks great, looking forward to new frame

@michaelmann6482 Ай бұрын

Stick with the 26” wheels on MTBs. Or 650b maybe. But I’m hoping for a sick build video on that Crossroads. Those are among my favorite 90s bikes of all time. Like a HardRock designed for 700 wheels.

@michaelmann6482 Ай бұрын

@@page404_musicyou can’t. But a Crossroads is made for 700 wheels.

@calcagnolibero Ай бұрын

Cool build. I'm curious about that fork as I was thinking to buy it. It looks very well made with nice and clean weld though the the legs appear worringly skinny. How does it ride?

@illestJun Ай бұрын

dad bike build, please. that some tea!

@robertocarballo3457 Ай бұрын

I love this channel 🚲

@SHWELL11 Ай бұрын

That thing looks rugged! Maybe a longer stem will address the size..

@BikingLJ Ай бұрын

Beautiful build! 🚀

@colbysmith2539 Ай бұрын

Would liked to have seen how you connected the brake hose to the shifters. But yeah, awesome build bike.

@ridethroughlifertl Ай бұрын

I really like crazy weird bikes. I just turned my 86 Miyata road bike into a 1x with Sur-Ron flat/riser bars. Can you talk about bike fitment in one of your videos? I feel like I shouldn't hurt after 15 miles, and I do.

@AlexisParrazalezRomero Ай бұрын

use some rust converter in those welds or the rust will eat everything also great job 🔥🔥🔥

@MrEdleman Ай бұрын

Short stems with drop bars on 90s mtb geometry is the way to go unfortunately if the frame is small it wont help you as much as it hinders you

@BrockNew Ай бұрын

Love your content! On your 1X bikes, what size chain ring do you use on the cranks? Also, can you give some insights on the rear cassette tooth range? I’m building out a 92 Giant ATX 760 right now and am about to start in on drive train.

@DevonNroos Ай бұрын

26" better than 700c keeps the bb at the correct height for good cornering

@cmedens27104 Ай бұрын

Thanks for another great build and video. I'm curious, when you say that you did a mock up, how are you doing this? I've been wanting to mock up some build ideas and paint jobs...are using procreate or something? Is there a program specific to bikes? Thanks!

@gianlucaelponti483 Ай бұрын

What's the fork? Beautiful project

@Saxtoo Ай бұрын

What about one of those angled seat post tubes to push the seat further back on its rails, to give you more room? Seen them mainly on mtb. I'm tweaking my 2005 racer at the moment to fit wider tyres. Currently on 23mm. Got loads of tyres up to 38mm to test. Used Trek forks are on their way with a 60mm gap. Anyone doing this just take note of the fork stem diameter on older bikes being 1" not 1⅛", and same too with the spacers. It's only an old bike with 7 x 2 speed and will have a compact chainset. I'm sticking an 11-46T mtb cassette onto the rear end and will have a redundant 11T because I have weird old selectors which I don't want to swap. When we do our weird bikes up, it's only got to please us, no one else!