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There's a whole thread discussing this:
https://www.lfgss.com/thread46125.html

Thanks for the answers but too much effort....

I wanted a CX bike. (like everybody else at the moment apparently, why am I such a conformist?)

But I could not sell my track bike to finance it so I decided to build one with £0...

I found an old gas pipe mountain bike last week. Heavy, slack geometry, ugly, but free so I am not too picky.

Brought it home, secured the basics: could not see any cracks, the frame looks straight, stem and seatpost were a bit seized, but nothing that a paint stripper heater gun and a vice could not arrange... Good, let's the frankenCXbike project commence... I don't have 650 mountain bike wheels in my shed, and CX bikes are 700c aren't they. So I fitted an old pair of 27X1/4 wheels on it, clearances are big enough to take it, except that I can't use the cantilever bosses anymore, but I'll try to modify them or use some old mafac centre pull calipers I have somewhere... A saddle, drop handle bars, and boom, please see the atrocity below... It is going to be fun!

I know it is stupid, but I've done a beater like this before (I mean a MTB frame with 700cs), it's totally rideable, despite the weird geometry and a BB shell ending up way higher than it should be... I can't wait to finish this!

if you want to go back to the black i'll buy the gumwalls off you.

Did you sort out a wheelset in the end mate?

am i missing some sarcasm or outta the loop. wasnt this the very first colourway ever presented with the histo back in 09?

Quite possibly, I've not really given the MASH's much thought or notice till I had opportunity to buy one at half price, and as I was in and out of hospital around '09 I had no time for thinking about bikes full stop as was pretty sure I'd never ride one again at that point.

But whenever the matte black and multi-coloured Histogram (with fecking stupid geo) was displayed, it now annoys me (even more than it did before). >_<

on a scale of 1-10, how bad would it be to run this as a conversion?

11?

Not sure but I saw this earlier and it is fucking rad!

gears and risers, it makes sense and you know it

Hello veLLo (sorry couldn't resist!), like the idea, especially as I want a CX bike and have no funds neither.

Also interestingly, some CX bikes are using slacker geometry closer to MTBs anyway.

Also, dunno if it'll help, but have you tried good old V brakes?

They have larger vertical adjustment for pads. -

I'm with Spotter on this Apollo, do the right thing! ;)

Not sure but I saw this earlier and it is fucking rad!

gears and risers, it makes sense and you know it

just picture it with a pair of these Angel tri bars...

would the chainline be OK if you ran a 1x5 or something like that?

the perfect time trial commuter

It should be fine Apollo, I've run 1 x 9 and had no problems.

looks at Rourke

looks at Daccordi

oh man...

perfect for hopping up curbs

If its too much of a hassle for you just now Apollo, I can look after the Daccordi for a bit for you while you make up your mind...

Its almost like a burlesque show!

This is going be to effing shweet.

God, don't stop there Pistoffski!

You may as well just post the final build pic in porn.

explodes with envy

(edit: in the dedicated thread... not at the Daccordi et al... Obviously)