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dccarroll-<< I have a Gunnar Crosshairs that will be on touring duty this summer, pulling a Burley
Nomad trailer thru Spain. Right now, I have a Shimano 600 series gruppo on the bike, with a 48-39
crankset up front and an 8-speed Shimano Hyperglide cassette in the back, all road parts. >><BR><BR>
<< At first, on the advice of a friend, I was planning on simply swapping the rear cassette for a
MTB cassette, perhaps an LX or XT one, and getting a long cage rear derailleur. >><BR><BR>
Good call.
dccarroll- << I talked to a guy at REI who has a lot of touring experience about this, and he seemed
pretty sure that I should also change to a triple in the front. >><BR><BR>
Depends on you. Yopu can get really inexpensive triple cranks and BBs and front ders. Hopefully your
left shifter will accomodate a triple.
<< So far, I've been thinking about something like: SRAM 5.0 11-32 cassette, Deore LX or XT rear
derailleur, Shimano 105 52-42-30 crankset. I don't really know what bottom
bracket/shifters/otheraccessories I need to get. >><BR><BR>
I would say barend shifters then ya can use any front der/crank combo. If a moden 105 triple crank
ya need a Octalink/splined BB in 118mm length.
I think getting 9s barends and you would have an easier time finding cogsets in EastJesus
or Bumfuk .
Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"
Nomad trailer thru Spain. Right now, I have a Shimano 600 series gruppo on the bike, with a 48-39
crankset up front and an 8-speed Shimano Hyperglide cassette in the back, all road parts. >><BR><BR>
<< At first, on the advice of a friend, I was planning on simply swapping the rear cassette for a
MTB cassette, perhaps an LX or XT one, and getting a long cage rear derailleur. >><BR><BR>
Good call.
dccarroll- << I talked to a guy at REI who has a lot of touring experience about this, and he seemed
pretty sure that I should also change to a triple in the front. >><BR><BR>
Depends on you. Yopu can get really inexpensive triple cranks and BBs and front ders. Hopefully your
left shifter will accomodate a triple.
<< So far, I've been thinking about something like: SRAM 5.0 11-32 cassette, Deore LX or XT rear
derailleur, Shimano 105 52-42-30 crankset. I don't really know what bottom
bracket/shifters/otheraccessories I need to get. >><BR><BR>
I would say barend shifters then ya can use any front der/crank combo. If a moden 105 triple crank
ya need a Octalink/splined BB in 118mm length.
I think getting 9s barends and you would have an easier time finding cogsets in EastJesus
or Bumfuk .
Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"