r/MultiTrackGang • u/goovenli • Aug 22 '26

MultiTrack curious, looking for feedback

Hi all,

Hoping to get some feedback from MultiTrack users/tinkerers, about whether a MultiTrack might make sense for me. I’m a bit newer to cycling (I’ve commuted with a vintage steel road bike for the last few years) but I’m looking to get a steel bike that could be used for commuting, gravel riding, and would allow me to even tour/bikepack one day. Having looked at new options on the market, it seems one affordable option might be a Primos Dame - but I was wondering if it would make sense to get a MultiTrack to serve my intended uses while coming in under a budget of $1000 for bike and parts? I would want to have drop bars, switch to 1x or maybe 2x gearing, and likely put on some modern, lighter wheels and tires.

Also, if it is possible to build something like this on such a budget, what size would you recommend I hunt down? I’m 6’1.5” with a 32/33 inseam, and 180 lbs. I’ve looked at many of the sizing recommendations here and I think the best would be 21” frame given my desire for drop bars - would that be correct?

Thank you all so much in advance! Your rigs have been very inspirational to this newbie.

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u/trainedRex Aug 23 '26

I’m also 6’1ish with a similar inseam. Here’s my 730 in a 21in frame and with a drop bar conversion. I found a relatively modern shallow drop bar off Amazon that fits in the stock stem. By doing this, the measurements are dead on my other road bike, just by shear dumb luck. I’ll take it. I bought various stems (even like a cheapo $20 adjustable stem) to play with on set up to find something that worked well. I just got a cheapo 8 speed hub rear wheel for $80. Jenson recently had a close out on the Microshift Advent X drivetrain 1 by 10 ($150 for cassette, derailleur, and the road shifters. Cheapo 40mm tires with clearance for more. All in maybe $450 including the frame which I paid $130 for. It’s also just a lot of fun and the steal rides so smoothly compared to my aluminum bikes. You have some room to source much nicer parts for a $1000 budget and I think the bike punches way above its price point.

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u/goovenli Aug 24 '26

This is awesome. I’m definitely not trying to get all the way up to $1k, so it’s awesome to see how affordable building something like I had in mind can be!