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If they sweep back too far, the bike will feel squirrelly at low speed. Never bothered me much, but bothers some people.

I like the FSA Metropolis, or similar, but they quite a bit of sweep and dramatically affect the reach

Surly Troll probably the obvious answer. Rigid Inbreds pop up on ebay fairly frequently, although mostly 29" at the moment.

Could you not get a hybrid? Like most of them are nearly identical to old school MTB like the Pinnacle Lithium 3 that can fit even MTB tyres around 2.1

Marin Muirwood for example, is billed as a hybrid but can easily be used as a rigid MTB/tourer (29ers 2.0 tyres can be fitted).

Pictured show 27.5 2.1 fitted;

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Hello again!

You helped me in the dynamo lights thread, so hopefully I can help you here.

Humpert (aka Ergotec) do an excellent range of swept back bars at all kinds of angles and risers. I went through a few to find the right ones, but they're cheap and well made.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/handlebars-comfort-cruiser/?brand=humpert&clamp_diameter=31%2E8

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I picked up a rigid 26" inbred from eBay for my wife recently. It's really fun to ride. Best £100 I've spent in ages

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Interesting bike. I think I saw that in PBP, first ahead of me and then on the side of the road, apparently as the rear mudflap had been sucked into the mudguard.

And while I'm here, here's a picture of a steamroller that makes weird noises, to balance all these prettier bikes. The disc fork and mudguards are recent additions that used to be on my Sibbo.

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An all time forum favourite of mine - I'm glad it hasn't been retired yet

Apparently as the rear mudflap had been sucked into the mudguard.

Good reminder to mount your mudflaps on the outside.

he is also a nice guy!

i think this is very pretty actually

I think it’s matter of flap being not stiff enough and quite long.

Solid!

Functional hall of fame biek

Looks a bit shit. I like it!

Cheers. It's still as good as it was in 2009, has been in daily use since then.

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Ignore that. I've found something in the parts bin that will do just fine.

Any idea if there's a way to get ultegra 3x10 road shifters to work with an mtb xt/sram/middleburn drive train?

I'm really hoping there's a work around like a problem solver widgit or another hack. I've just double taped the bars and can't be arsed to rip it all off again.

Sounds like a job for Jtek shiftmate - compatibility chart. SJS sell them and you can kind of double-check your choice in the comments/Q&A section.

Good looking bike that!

Shimano MTB 9 speed mech works fine with Shimano 10 speed road shifters. Used this combo for years. There is a tiny, tiny difference in the mech travel but not enough to cause a problem. I have seen the recommendation that best set up for the centre of the cassette with the shifter on the right click, but I never bothered with that.

I also used an MTB 9 and 10 speed front mech with the 3 x 10 shimano shifters and it worked fine. Last mech I used was M780 I think. I have found front MTB mechs to be quite forgiving when used with different levers

I have some funtional bar end shifters for sale here if anyone is interested.

Hey, any more info on that bike? I've got the same frame but mine isn't converted to discs. Would love to know more about the bike/conversion.

Also never thought of putting the rack on the back (I had it on the front but it does tend to foul the brake, so I took it off).