Hi,
My current touring / commuting bike is a Shogun hybrid bike. It has a standard flat handle bar, I've added handle bar extensions on it. But I've decided I'd rather have a handle bar with drops, and perhaps aerobars, for touring...
The bike is equipted with mostly Shimano Deore and Deore LX equitment. Including the shifters, brake leavers (Deore), 9 speed Deore LX chainset, Deore LX derailleurs and a 3 speed Deore LX chainwheel..
So I'm looking at a relitvely cheap road style handlebar, cause it doesn't need to be particularly light. So that's around $100 (AU$).
But then the brake leavers and shifters are the tricky bit.
From what I can tell the cheapest road style shifters / leavers that will fit are the Tiagra STI 9 Speed (The Sora is only 7/8 speed).. And they are expensive! Like $430.
So, a couple of questions
a) Will that work? Fixing a Tiagra shifter / leaver to Deore equitment?
b) Is there any cheaper stuff that is still reliable that I could use? I'm not sure I can spend $500 on this stuff, it may be better to just get a new bike for ~$2000..
Thanks!
David
My current touring / commuting bike is a Shogun hybrid bike. It has a standard flat handle bar, I've added handle bar extensions on it. But I've decided I'd rather have a handle bar with drops, and perhaps aerobars, for touring...
The bike is equipted with mostly Shimano Deore and Deore LX equitment. Including the shifters, brake leavers (Deore), 9 speed Deore LX chainset, Deore LX derailleurs and a 3 speed Deore LX chainwheel..
So I'm looking at a relitvely cheap road style handlebar, cause it doesn't need to be particularly light. So that's around $100 (AU$).
But then the brake leavers and shifters are the tricky bit.
From what I can tell the cheapest road style shifters / leavers that will fit are the Tiagra STI 9 Speed (The Sora is only 7/8 speed).. And they are expensive! Like $430.
So, a couple of questions
a) Will that work? Fixing a Tiagra shifter / leaver to Deore equitment?
b) Is there any cheaper stuff that is still reliable that I could use? I'm not sure I can spend $500 on this stuff, it may be better to just get a new bike for ~$2000..
Thanks!
David