Hey...I recently traded a friend for a old BMX bike he had laying around and I wanted to convert it to a MTB bike...I want it to feel and look BMX just be a little bit bigger. The bike I got has pretty good parts: profile cassettes,chris king headset,profile cranks, 25-9 gears ratio... It seems to me that all I need is a new frame/fork combo and relace the hubs to some 48spoke 26" rims. I ride brakeless on BMX and wanted to set up my MTB that way, might invest in new hub eventually so that I can go disc but for now brakeless. Anyways,
Do they make MTB frames with 14mm axel slots? American BB? Will a BMX hub fit a MTB?
If anyone has pictures of bikes like this I would be stoked to see them!
AceHouston
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Joined: 2/25/2010
Location: Boulder, CO USA
DMR used to (still might) make a frame with 14mm dropouts, but the spacing on a bmx rear hub is 110mm which is too narrow for a MTB frame anyways (135mm). a new BB for your cranks should only be about $40 at the most, but you may also need a longer spindle.
Misfit Psycles makes a frame called the Nummers that looks pretty legit to me...what do you guys think about them?
Should I go for solid forks or get front suspension?
I dont care for brakes and I just want to set it up using a 25-9 ratio so its not so awkward transfering from my 20" to my 26" so could I just put some washers on the hub and call it a day?
AceHouston
Posts: 20
Joined: 2/25/2010
Location: Boulder, CO USA
suspension/rigid fork preference is up to you.
25-9 ratio will be pretty damn hard to pedal.... totally different than your bmx ratio with the different wheel sizes
looks like Ive got a lot more to think about...Ill be back with some questions soon..Moving to Austin and im sure ill be able to find tons of locals to help me out.
