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calhoun cycle has some nice Evo sport bars. You could also get a Rans B38 bar or just use cruiser bars.The cruiser bars are pretty wide around 26in and I have been cutting 1 1/5 in off the ends but they work for me. Jack

Welcome and nice bike all it needs are cruiser bars ha ha. Like Mark said the seat is just fine.I only get butt pain if the seat pan is too flat or the seat back angle is too steep.I set up my seats like this. Seat pan 3 1/5 to 4 1/5 rise from back to front. Seat back at least 45 degree...

After yesterdays ride I added a spedo mount and water bottle.The pick up wire on the spedo was to short for a bar mount so tried this mount,easy,cheap. The Trek had no water bottle mounts but hose clamps will work just fine.Today I did a 2 hour ride on the twisty and sandy beach bike path and...

Looks good to me. Jack

Here it is ! This one took me longer than I thought it would 3 days.Had to make a new seat bracket because of the smaller Trek frame.No other real problems.Seat hight is around 26 in but is 25 with some weight so no problem there. I did a short test ride just to see if everything was working...

Im doing the same thing right now.After 3 or 4 hard tail conversions Im working on a Y frame duel suspension. Don't worry about the weight its nice to have that softer ride. Jack

Got it on Ebay fo 280 shipped.More details next week when I get it built. Jack

A small frame Trek Y26. Bike came in yesterday but im in San Diego so wont start build untill next week. Jack

Its too tight when the screws break.Just snug them up + 1/4 turn. Jack

Its always nice some more Silvios. My Ultegra triple is still going strong after 5500 miles. Jack

There is a picture in this theread the Mega 26 19in. The frame is big for a conversion and the back of top tube has wrong angle or I would want one. Jack

Just checked spring on my bike and it looks like new after 5000 miles. Jack

Its not a bad frame im kind of looking for something like that for build #8.Im looking for a small frame but my inseam is only 29 .Xseam 41 +I want to keep the bike fairly low at least for this build. Getting back to your frame it would be nice if the seller had a picture of a built up bike so...

Glad you got it done. How about a ride report? Jack

Back of seat pan.The cushion gets compressed so I dont use that measurment. I try to make the difference between front and back of seat pan 4-5 inches. Jack

When you do a kit you need to be flexible. If my bike hurts me somewhere I change that. Im thinking raising the seat base will also rake the seat back some. My seat is 26 in high and is just right. Jack

I would put it together like that for now.You can change the seat angle later by putting a spacer between the seat and bracket in the back. Jack

Get a good bicycle repair book a basic tool kit and cable cutter. Nash bar has a basic took kit for 49$ with a 20% cupon its only 40$. Do as much of your own work as you can.Also see if there is a bike Co-op they have all the tools and can teach you to do your own work. Jack

Here is one of mine, Also loosen everything up and lower the seat post as much as possible.You might have to move your seat brackets around and move the seat pan forward. Jack

Try to get some bars around 25in or 635mm with not much rise and 25.5 clamp.I posted a few more pictures on the conversion board. Jack