road gears compatible with thumb shifters?

SimonAH
SimonAH Posts: 3,730
edited November 2011 in Commuting chat
Was staring at my old Carerra Vanquish hack last night and decided to convert it to a flat barred road bike. It's an eight speed cassette with a compact two ring crank (all Shimano) - can I just hook this up with mtb thumb shifters?
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    SimonAH wrote:
    Was staring at my old Carerra Vanquish hack last night and decided to convert it to a flat barred road bike. It's an eight speed cassette with a compact two ring crank (all Shimano) - can I just hook this up with mtb thumb shifters?

    I think you can get Sora thumb-shifters designed for flat-bar types. Summit like this:

    http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Shimano-Sora-R2 ... _24663.htm

    But the question would be: Why the hell would you bother?!? Freak.
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