this may be crazy but......
i was thinking the other day, if you could build a roadbike with short cranks (like 145) really high gears, some meaty tires (like 2.0 slicks) and perhaps a REALLY low travel lightweight fork, and do a DH roadbike sorta thing. the idea came to me from seeing the supermoto kona article in MBA. set it up on some really twisty, steep hills, going SCREAMIN fast. just a thought....
i was thinking the other day, if you could build a roadbike with short cranks (like 145) really high gears, some meaty tires (like 2.0 slicks) and perhaps a REALLY low travel lightweight fork, and do a DH roadbike sorta thing. the idea came to me from seeing the supermoto kona article in MBA. set it up on some really twisty, steep hills, going SCREAMIN fast. just a thought....