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Strange things happen when bicycles get close to each other in MPV (muscle powered vehicles) Husbandry Workshop Laboratory!

The old Kona Kilauea MTB has been with me for 12 years/30K+ miles, including a frame and fork replacement, and is not going to give up first stall in the stable to some new filly without having a piece of the outcome.


The Cruzbike conversion still needs some work to get the custom look and feel, not to mention parts compatibility (I never had a bike that didn't need a stem change), but I am pumped and can hardly wait to get the new MPV config on the road for a test ride. Why should the bicycles have all the fun?

Later:

By Pickup Tools time this afternoon, the cassette headset assembly had been transferred from the MTB to the folder frame and the Downtube fork stripped of the original bearing races, etc. so that exchanging the forks requires no headset bearing adjustments. The front brake cable works for both forks--one is threadless the other threaded.

There was one essential piece (dowel pin) missing from the conversion kit, when that arrives a test ride is not far away. I don't like the seat back mount but that will be fixed with a couple hardware parts from the bigger hammer hardware store.

Stay tuned for a report on the test ride.

Labels: Cruzbike, Downtube, hybrid