It's here!
The mountain bike race season is officially over for me. That means it's CX season! After buying a house my funds are a little low, so no money for a CX bike. So I did the only thing I could do, convert the green machine into a CX Bike!
I used 44mm drop bars I bought cheap at a bike swap, Tiagra 9 speed shifters I found cheap on craiglists, put on a rigid fork, used a old WTB Devo saddle from the Trance X, used a stem and seatpost I got dirt cheap to change up the geometry, and set it up as a 1x9. I'll probably run the Kenda SM8's since it's hard to found 26 x 1.5 tires that have good traction for CX, and the SM8's are a pretty low resistant tire anyway. It's not pretty, but it will get me through the CX season. Should be a pretty good touring bike too!
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