The old back is getting too creaky for the drop bars on my road bike. I'm more comfortable on my beater flat-bar bike and I think I want to put flats on the road bike. Yeah, I know I lose hand positions, but my back thanks me. So. Need to lose the brifters, I reckon. Ultegra sidepull brakes, and Ultegra derailleurs with 9spd on the rear. What's a nice set of levers/shifters that will work here? --
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana"😉 KG6RCR
A useful and intelligent suggestion! It's certainly less hassle (unless some or all cables need to be lengthened) than new handlebars and shifters and things.
My bike has a threadless steerer. Is that compatible with the "Ahead system" that the riser is described as being made for?
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana"😉 KG6RCR
The old back is getting too creaky for the drop bars on my road bike. I'm more comfortable on my beater flat-bar bike and I think I want to put flats on the road bike. Yeah, I know I lose hand positions, but my back thanks me. So. Need to lose the brifters, I reckon. Ultegra sidepull brakes, and Ultegra derailleurs with 9spd on the rear. What's a nice set of levers/shifters that will work here?
Paul Components Thumbies and Ultegra 9spd thumb shifters. These things are phenomenal.
I have a set of Tektro/Nashbar/Forte levers that are supposed to be adjustable for this kind of thing, but I haven't installed them yet so I can't recommend them.
A useful and intelligent suggestion! It's certainly less hassle (unless some or all cables need to be lengthened) than new handlebars and shifters and things.
If you jack the bars up a couple inches, I bet you'll need some fresh cables. I moved my levers from a pretty jacked up position on the bars to having the blade ends level with the bar flats--about an inch and I got away with not getting longer cables by having the cable exit the bar wrap earlier. Worth a shot.
You can also think about getting a stem with more rise in the angle department, or flip your current stem if that would raise the bars up, but the extender is the way to really get them up there.
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My bike has a threadless steerer. Is that compatible with the "Ahead system" that the riser is described as being made for?
yes, just make sure you get the right diameter, most are 1.25" these days, but some road bikes have 1" steerers.
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The old back is getting too creaky for the drop bars on my road bike. I'm more comfortable on my beater flat-bar bike and I think I want to put flats on the road bike. Yeah, I know I lose hand positions, but my back thanks me. So. Need to lose the brifters, I reckon. Ultegra sidepull brakes, and Ultegra derailleurs with 9spd on the rear. What's a nice set of levers/shifters that will work here?
My bike has a threadless steerer. Is that compatible with the "Ahead system" that the riser is described as being made for?
yes, just make sure you get the right diameter, most are 1.25" these days, but some road bikes have 1" steerers.
In fact, nearly all are 1.125", 1" stems going the way of the dodo. Not a problem, as shims are readily available to make the larger stems fit a 1" steerer. My LBS recommends at least one thin spacer between the stem and top cap if doing this, to ensure an undersize top cap can press evenly on the stem.
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The old back is getting too creaky for the drop bars on my road bike. I'm more comfortable on my beater flat-bar bike and I think I want to put flats on the road bike. Yeah, I know I lose hand positions, but my back thanks me. So. Need to lose the brifters, I reckon. Ultegra sidepull brakes, and Ultegra derailleurs with 9spd on the rear. What's a nice set of levers/shifters that will work here?
I have SRAM Attack gripshifters and some CODA levers I can't identify as anyone else's knock offs on what used to be a drop bar shimano brifter bike. It's a great setup, much preferable to any trigger system. Just don't get too long a stem or too wide a bar.
The old back is getting too creaky for the drop bars on my road bike. I'm more comfortable on my beater flat-bar bike and I think I want to put flats on the road bike. Yeah, I know I lose hand positions, but my back thanks me. So. Need to lose the brifters, I reckon. Ultegra sidepull brakes, and Ultegra derailleurs with 9spd on the rear. What's a nice set of levers/shifters that will work here?
Paul Components Thumbies and Ultegra 9spd thumb shifters. These things are phenomenal.
So . . . if I read the blurb for this product correctly, they are a not inexpensive way to mount bar-end shifters (like I used to have on my 12-spd commuting bike in the '70's) closer to the center of a flat handlebar so I can flip the shift with my thumbs? I thought the bar-end shifters I had were pretty clunky -- are they better now?
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana"😉 KG6RCR
So . . . if I read the blurb for this product correctly, they are a not inexpensive way to mount bar-end shifters (like I used to have on my 12-spd commuting bike in the '70's) closer to the center of a flat handlebar so I can flip the shift with my thumbs? I thought the bar-end shifters I had were pretty clunky -- are they better now?
Yep. The Shimano bar-end shifters are smaller than their downtube shifters. Rather petite, actually- only slightly larger than old-school Campy friction bar-ends.
