mtb to commuter.

blablablacksheep

Decided that it's time to completely change my MTB, rockhopper into my commuter.

Project is going ahead,just need all the parts.

List so far.
Forks= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kinesis-purecx-carbon-fork/
Or
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kinesis-maxlight-xlt-fork/

Not sure which though, is that weight difference really going to make a real world difference?

Tyres= www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-durano-perfor ... -mtb-tyre/

They should fit even though their 1.1
That's it pretty much, any thing I missed let me know ;-)

warpcow

You know that the carbon one is for 29"/700c wheels, right?

cat_with_no_tail

Haha, you're doing the exact same thing I've done with my old hopper.

See "communter" in my sig for the thread.

By the way, I'm currently looking to replace the existing wheels on mine for a set of 700c CX wheels so I can run proper road tyres with them (well, 25mm road tyres anyway).

cooldad

warpcow wrote:

You know that the carbon one is for 29"/700c wheels, right?

And no disc mounts.

cooldad

I would also forget skinny tyres. 1.6 upwards are much more comfortable. I used 1.95 on my pub type bike.

The Rookie

My commuter is actually a Hybrid frame (700c) but will all MTB components including 26" wheels (with 1.5" road slicks), it runs Onza rigid forks.

1.1" tyres may well see you running out of gears on a 42T front ring, you'll want probably 46 at least.