Flat Bar Conversion Project

bendertherobot

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19662797#p19662797]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

Cos they were on last page

zanelad

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19662485#p19662485]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19662418#p19662418]Zanelad[/url] wrote:

I like that very much. Can you post a picture of it with the brake lines sorted please.

Might one enquire as to the final cost of the conversion?

Thanks

Z.

Will do later!

Cost was: Brakes £23 plus £35 (one used, but you'd never know). SLX shifters £35. Bars, stem and grips £40. Mech £35. So, all in that's £168.

Sold, TRP's for £120, Apex shifters for £50 and mech for £35. So that's £205. Hence I'm actually up at that point. Sale of stem offset the LBS cost. Still have the bars. Could make another £20 there.

Thanks. The finished bike does look good.

andy9964

****Resurrection Alert****

Bender, how did you get on with the FD shifting set up. I've been looking at the same gear to convert my bike, but have a Tiagra 4600 FD.
Given that the MTB shifters pull more than road, is it just a case of adjusting the stops to restrict the movement of the road FD, or will that stop the shifter from clicking into position

Also, anyone know if the rear mech be okay with an 11-28 cassette, or will I need to move to a 11-32

I am aware there are Tiagra flat bar shifters, but the 4600 are only available in silver, and I'm not really keen on the colour

bendertherobot

Andy9964 wrote:

****Resurrection Alert****

Bender, how did you get on with the FD shifting set up. I've been looking at the same gear to convert my bike, but have a Tiagra 4600 FD.
Given that the MTB shifters pull more than road, is it just a case of adjusting the stops to restrict the movement of the road FD, or will that stop the shifter from clicking into position

Also, anyone know if the rear mech be okay with an 11-28 cassette, or will I need to move to a 11-32

I am aware there are Tiagra flat bar shifters, but the 4600 are only available in silver, and I'm not really keen on the colour

Should be fine. I wasn't even using Shimano. It was Shimano shifters shifting a SRAM Apex front mech.

andy9964

Great, cheers




*runs off to spend at least £2 to keep Wiggle gold discount*