Delta V to gravel bike.

[JohnnyD]

 

[black lightning 1987]

Did he drill out the rear dropout for the caliper? Used a later fork with caliper mount?

I rode some 9% grade gravel today, 26" or 650B wheels would have been nice.

 

[JohnnyD]

For the rear dropout he used the same adapter that I have on my Delta V and Super V that I found on Ebay.. He also removed the caliper mounts from both the front and rear by grinding them down to clean up the look and make room for the 650B wheels.
The other videos in the series are pretty cool, but the the best part was the Lefty rigid he shows at the end of this video. I would LOVE to find one of them to make a really unique build.

 

[BethZ]

So awesome! I can only dream of being able to do a build like that. Thanks for sharing this. It was joyful to watch

 

[JohnnyD]

So awesome! I can only dream of being able to do a build like that. Thanks for sharing this. It was joyful to watch

Hopefully you got a chance to check out the other videos of him customizing the bike..Grinding off the V-brake bosses on the fork and the frame takes a LOT of patience and confidence..