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lifeisgood wrote:
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The cheap route is.
1 fit slick tyres. £30
2 Saw a few inches off your current bars to narrow them.
3 For gearing. A cheapo MTB may have 14-28 rear cogs. If so, for about
£30 a bike shop could fit an 11-30 set plus a new chain which would
give you a top gear about 25% bigger. Altough if your front chainset is
too worn then that would cost more to replace.
Iain
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lifeisgood said:3 For gearing. A cheapo MTB may have 14-28 rear cogs. If so, for about
£30 a bike shop could fit an 11-30 set plus a new chain which would
give you a top gear about 25% bigger.
Cheapo MTB with a 14-28 will have a freewheel, so to get the 11-30 it'll
need an entire back hub/wheel. Which makes it a bit more than 30 quid.
cheers,
clive
Clive George said:Cheapo MTB with a 14-28 will have a freewheel, so to get the
11-30 it'll need an entire back hub/wheel. Which makes it a bit
more than 30 quid.
That's true for the 11-30, but Shimano do make a couple of 11-up freewheels
now: an 11-34 and an 11-28:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/mega7/
James Thomson
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