Can I fit flats?

flyer
flyer Posts: 608
edited May 2009 in Road beginners
Having had an accident yesterday my handlebars are bent big time and they are carbon.

I was considering changing the bike for a flat bar type, can I put flat bars on a Roubiax and if so would I need to change the group set as well, its Dura race?

Thanks

Flyer

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    You would need to get 10 speed shifters that fitted on flat bars...

    e.g.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35084

    And some flat bar brake levers, that is all...
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    flyer wrote:
    Having had an accident yesterday my handlebars are bent big time and they are carbon.

    How do you bend carbon bars "big time"? Carbon fibre composites have a rather low strain at UTS compared to alloys.
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  • flyer
    flyer Posts: 608
    Having now stripped the bar tape off I notice that its only the hoods that have moved in and I have managed to move them back into position.

    Not as bad as I thought, just the silver parts of the hoods, ie brakes that are scratched

    Not sure if the wheel is ok may need to get it checked.


    Flyer

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