Transforming MTB to Road Bike : Part 1

So the idea was to take a 1990/1991 Specialized Stumpjumper, with all original parts (except seat and pedals) and transform into a foul weather road bike. I was inspired by Brian DeSousa's MTB to Tour page but didn't find the pictures to be of good enough quality

Here is the beast at start

The first challenge was to find a stem and drop bars that would fit an old 1" threaded fork and the 25.4 mm clamp diameter. I decided to go with the Nitto drop bars (105) and the Dirt Drop stem

Nice detailing on their stem...

Mounting the bars was fairly easy

, an issue I had though was the original cable drop was actually a pulley brazed onto the riser portion of the original stem...



so I made a trek to Recycled Cycles and had some helpful assistance in picking the 50 cent part. After I had mounted the stem and bars, I got around to mounting up my brake levers. Since I am using cantilever brakes, I picked up some Shimano aero levers and used the Allen wrench to tighten up the hood/lever assembly. The rule of thumb I read was to use a straight edge from the bottom of the drop bar to where the lever ends.

That's it for now!