09-30-2016, 02:53 PM
Hi
I want to put drop bars on this bike:
http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=2002&brand=Cannondale&model=Bad+Boy
Need to change the brakes & want to put on combi brakes & shifters, but I'm a bit naive about how easily/well this can work.
Have been looking at a few possibilities for levers on Amazon - e.g.:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SHIMANO-ST2300-BRAKE-SHIFTER-DOUBLE/dp/B017XO7EX6/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1475240787&sr=8-13&keywords=shimano+handlebar+brake+and+shifter
My hybrid has 3 cogs on the crank and 9 on the back bracket - i.e. - 27 gears. The shifters above say they're for 16 gears - so presumably not the ones for me?
Am I going to find any appropriate shifters for the way my bike as set up at the moment? Or do I need to change the gearing or abandon the plan altogether?
Thanks
I want to put drop bars on this bike:
http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=2002&brand=Cannondale&model=Bad+Boy
Need to change the brakes & want to put on combi brakes & shifters, but I'm a bit naive about how easily/well this can work.
Have been looking at a few possibilities for levers on Amazon - e.g.:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SHIMANO-ST2300-BRAKE-SHIFTER-DOUBLE/dp/B017XO7EX6/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1475240787&sr=8-13&keywords=shimano+handlebar+brake+and+shifter
My hybrid has 3 cogs on the crank and 9 on the back bracket - i.e. - 27 gears. The shifters above say they're for 16 gears - so presumably not the ones for me?
Am I going to find any appropriate shifters for the way my bike as set up at the moment? Or do I need to change the gearing or abandon the plan altogether?
Thanks