{"id":533,"date":"2012-03-25T21:52:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T04:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.0.1.201\/?p=533"},"modified":"2012-03-25T21:52:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T04:52:34","slug":"mtb-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/25\/mtb-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"MTB conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my quest for a better street bike I can either spend a few hundred on a used better model bike or a new low end model bike. Or I can convert my aging, better model MTB, a 19&#8243; 1992 Trek 930 hardtail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wrdprss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/trek930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-534\" title=\"trek930\" src=\"http:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wrdprss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/trek930-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tires were 1.95 knobbed, now 1.5 road tires. Makes for a noticeably stiffer ride. Though it actually seems harder to pedal. Since I&#8217;m as out of shape as I&#8217;ve ever been I cannot rely on this assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Chainrings (110BCD) can be replaced with some slightly larger ones. Outer chainring is already 48t, but I can fit a 54t on it. They really do need to be replaced as it is, so why not go a little more road worthy? Sugino makes a set that will increase the outer and granny gear, letting me keep my crank and derailer.<\/p>\n<p>Handlebar (upright) will likely not be replaced with a drop bar since I would need to replace the stem as it&#8217;s a one-piece high rise, but an aerobar might help.<\/p>\n<p>In the end I&#8217;m still torn because I&#8217;d be making a workable tank of an MTB into a Frankenstein road bike that never will be one. At this point, I think stopping at tires is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my quest for a better street bike I can either spend a few hundred on a used better model bike or a new low end model bike. Or I can convert my aging, better model MTB, a 19&#8243; 1992 Trek 930 hardtail. Tires were 1.95 knobbed, now 1.5 road tires. Makes for a noticeably [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,14,15,27],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bicycle","tag-cycling","tag-fixit","tag-note-to-self"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strawhousepig.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}