Converting hardtail to gravel bike

[Jewbacca]

I'm also in the process of doing this on a budget.... 

 

Hopefully I can get away with using spares I already have and less than 5k..... I'm about to drop 2k on a fork so that leaves me with R3000 left.

 

Should be a fun process

[MORNE]

I'm also in the process of doing this on a budget.... 

 

Hopefully I can get away with using spares I already have and less than 5k..... I'm about to drop 2k on a fork so that leaves me with R3000 left.

 

Should be a fun process

Luckily you don’t need gears on THAT frame and if you make it fixed ( which i recall you say you also have) you also don’t need brakes haha. Cheap cheap.

[Chadvdw67]

I'm also in the process of doing this on a budget....

 

Hopefully I can get away with using spares I already have and less than 5k..... I'm about to drop 2k on a fork so that leaves me with R3000 left.

 

Should be a fun process

Where are you getting the fork from?

[Jewbacca]

Where are you getting the fork from?

A friend of mine had a friend of his looking to off load.... 3T Luetus team... It is exactly what I needed and even has PM brake mounts.

 

Stoked!

[Quagga]

Just keep in mind that road shifters dont work with mtb derailleur as they have different cable indexing.

All SRAM shifters and RD. RUNS 1 to 1 pull ratio

Anything 9 10 11 spd. RD will work with any 9 10 11 speed shifters

 

I have done it. 9 mtb shifter with 10 road RD

Edited January 28, 2021 by Quagga

[Chadvdw67]

A friend of mine had a friend of his looking to off load.... 3T Luetus team... It is exactly what I needed and even has PM brake mounts.

 

Stoked!

Nice.

 

I am really struggling to find anything, if you hear/know of anything else please let me know

[Spokey]

a simple and cheaper option is to get some Jones bars.  That way you get use out of your groupset as it - they look fantastically cool and work really well - Gravel tires and you're good to go - as you get a feel what what you're enjoying you can transistion to rigid forks and drop bars if you feel it's necessary - this keeps it pretty cost effective as a good start

Just my opionion, this is what I'd do - in fact this is how I started - maybe just to keep it fresh get a new paint job on your frame if you want that new bike feel

 

Have fun

Perhaps I need to come and speak to you about my steel hard tail Soma B Side........I think it would be a great gravel bike! Of course then I need a trail MTB again Ha Ha!

[Wayne pudding Mol]

Perhaps I need to come and speak to you about my steel hard tail Soma B Side........I think it would be a great gravel bike! Of course then I need a trail MTB again Ha Ha!

Sounds like a good way to get another bike