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Reader’s Rides: Litespeed Ocoee 650b Conversion

Written by Zach Overholt
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Litespeed 650bAre you ready for Christmas? A customer of Suck Creek Cycles is now, thanks to their help bringing this mid-90s Litespeed Ocoee into the 21st century(it’s actually a Christmas present for their son or daughter – we don’t want to ruin any surprises). In addition to the obvious 650b wheels crammed into the 26″ frame, the Ocoee has also undergone disc tab reassignment surgery to allow the use of disc brakes.  A full Shimano XT kit, Stan’s Arch EX wheels, and Fox fork top it off. As Sam from Suck Creek says, this Ti is back in the GAME!
Zach Overholt
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Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor. He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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Jak0zilla
Jak0zilla
10 years ago

Looks good! I’m glad the parents are helping the child avoid the social stigma of riding 26″ wheels. Try getting a date to the prom with a 26’er in 2013!

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WannaBeSTi
WannaBeSTi
10 years ago

Good build Sam. Keep Mike off of it.
RCB

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Superstantial
Superstantial
10 years ago

Pretty cool way to reduce and reuse! Lucky kid.

On a related note, anyone know someone in the Boston area who could add disc tabs to a to frame like the above?

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don
don
10 years ago

those welds on the added on disc tab look god awful. like bird sh!t

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King County
King County
10 years ago

The 650 looks like it was made for this frame and fills up the rear nicely!

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Zoltan
Zoltan
10 years ago

Superstantial – while not in the Boston area, a friend had his old GT Xizang ti frame updated with disc tabs by Guru bikes.

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bkf
bkf
10 years ago

Superstantial – Give Seven Cycles a call in Watertown, they could probably get you taken care of. Maybe Firefly if Seven can’t work it in.

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Paul Christian
Paul Christian
10 years ago

Great bike, but I gotta go w/ the Lynskey Ridgeline 29er w/ Stans & Crest rims! Just saying!

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Superstantial
Superstantial
10 years ago

Thanks to Zoltan and bkf. You’re both superstars.

bkf – you think Firefly or Seven would take something this small on? They clearly do good work, but I was thinking it’d be a waste of time to contact them.

Thanks again, netizens.

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Gillis
Gillis
10 years ago

Superstantial, Indy Fab farther to the north might also be worth a try.

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Martin
Martin
10 years ago

I had something similar done to my old Litespeed Obed, by DeSalvo Cycles in Ashland OR. Mike DeSalvo did a beautiful job grinding the tab to fit, aligning it perfectly, and welding it up. The welds were fully as nice as the Litespeed welds on the rest of the frame. His price was very reasonable and included shipping back and forth. The only downside was that there was a bit of a wait, which I knew going in, because he wanted to line up some similar small jobs and bang them all out at once. I highly recommend DeSalvo for that sort of thing.

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django
django
10 years ago

Sweet dentist whip!

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Mitch
Mitch
10 years ago

Dave Levy at Ti Cycles in Oregon is an amazing Ti framebuilder and well known for epic™ repairs and frame upgrades. If you can’t find someone local, hop on his website.

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Superstantial
Superstantial
10 years ago

Thanks Martin and Mitch.
Martin – do you want to share how much yours cost?

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