Drops on a hybrid

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited April 2008 in Commuting chat
I've a Sirrus, which at some point I might want to switch to drops. But I've been led to believe from this forum's wise words that hybrids tend to have longer top tubes than road bikes, therefore fitting drops means an even bigger stretch. My Sirrus is slightly larger than ideal (it's a "L", I'd have gone for a "M" but it was a second hand bargain and I find it OK).
It's just a hill. Get over it.

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  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    I did this conversion, on a Sirrus Elite no less. My conclusion after a couple of years? I should have kept the Sirrus as it was, and bought a second drop barred bike, which I did. Put the Sirrus back to original spec, and bought a Langster.
  • Eat My Dust
    Eat My Dust Posts: 3,965
    Sorry for hijacking the thread :oops: but......BM how do you find the carradice bag on your Langster. Is it better than a back pack/courier bag? I was thinking of getting the SQR Tour which is slightly smaller.
    SNAPS
  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    Eat My Dust wrote:
    Sorry for hijacking the thread :oops: but......BM how do you find the carradice bag on your Langster. Is it better than a back pack/courier bag? I was thinking of getting the SQR Tour which is slightly smaller.

    Love it, best bike bag I ever bought. I don't use backpacks much, I don't find them comfortable, and the ~10kg I need to carry for work is waaaay too heavy to have on your back anyway.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    Eat My Dust wrote:
    Sorry for hijacking the thread :oops: but......BM how do you find the carradice bag on your Langster. Is it better than a back pack/courier bag? I was thinking of getting the SQR Tour which is slightly smaller.

    Go ahead, don't mind me...

    :cry:

    PS: thanks, Mikey
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    BentMikey wrote:
    I did this conversion, on a Sirrus Elite no less. My conclusion after a couple of years? I should have kept the Sirrus as it was, and bought a second drop barred bike, which I did. Put the Sirrus back to original spec, and bought a Langster.

    Why? As you will see on other threads, I'm running out of patience with my commuting bike - it appears to have gone from trusty steed to lemon recently.

    One option for me is to commuterise my mountain bike, including re-jigging the cockpit to something more familiar. Although this could be the stupidest thing I ever do, what sort of issues might it pose?

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