Cycling Forums - View Single Post - Fixing up an 85 Cannondale, Please advise!

07-21-2004, 08:40 AM

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:30:18 -0400, Luigi de Guzman
<luigi12081@cox.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:14:51 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net>
>>On 19 Jul 2004 13:04:50 -0700, wildphatdisc@hotmail.com (Reggie)
>>>possible to pay the bike shop to install handlebars that would include
>>>shifters? How much would something like that run?
>
>>Here's why (prices are GUESSES of cost at LBS):
>> STI levers: $150
>Not necessary. Bar-ends will be just fine.

Good point; I hadn't thought outside of what the OP asked for. I'm
pretty sure he was talking about STI. However, bar-end shifters may
be as far away for him as his existing [IIRC] stem shifters, unless
he rides in the drops often, and his goal was to keep his hands in
one spot when shifting.

>> New rear wheel: $120
>Maybe unnecessary.

I said the same. However, his LBS will probably charge more to do
the modifications, if they'll do them at all.

>> New cassette: $60
>Depends on wear.

If he uses bar-end shifters, he can use them in friction mode with
his old cassette, true.

>> New front derailer: $30
>> New rear derailer: $60
>> New crankset: $120
>
>Again, maybe unnecessary.

With indexed shifting, the front derailer probably won't work, and
maybe the chainrings will be spaced wrong. The rear derailer is most
likely fine, but the bike shop won't want to do it without the rear.

>But then, it may just be that I'm a cheapskate, and blessed,
>cyclingwise, with a bit of a mend-and-make-do ethic.

We enjoy doing this stuff ourselves, and anybody that does can read
rec.bicycles.tech and sheldonbrown.com and learn all about the
cheapest ways to DIY. Going to a bike shop, you won't get them to do
it those ways.

>The main thing is to get a bike that works for you. In my experience,
>that meant getting an old bike, cheap, to learn what I wanted,
>exactly, before I spent RealMoney on a new bike. By the time I wanted
>the NEW bike, I already had very clear idea of what I wanted in a

Very good point.
--
Rick Onanian

07-21-2004, 08:40 AM	#42 (permalink)
Rick Onanian Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fixing up an 85 Cannondale, Please advise! On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:30:18 -0400, Luigi de Guzman <luigi12081@cox.net> wrote: >On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:14:51 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net> >>On 19 Jul 2004 13:04:50 -0700, wildphatdisc@hotmail.com (Reggie) >>>possible to pay the bike shop to install handlebars that would include >>>shifters? How much would something like that run? > >>Here's why (prices are GUESSES of cost at LBS): >> STI levers: $150 >Not necessary. Bar-ends will be just fine. Good point; I hadn't thought outside of what the OP asked for. I'm pretty sure he was talking about STI. However, bar-end shifters may be as far away for him as his existing [IIRC] stem shifters, unless he rides in the drops often, and his goal was to keep his hands in one spot when shifting. >> New rear wheel: $120 >Maybe unnecessary. I said the same. However, his LBS will probably charge more to do the modifications, if they'll do them at all. >> New cassette: $60 >Depends on wear. If he uses bar-end shifters, he can use them in friction mode with his old cassette, true. >> New front derailer: $30 >> New rear derailer: $60 >> New crankset: $120 > >Again, maybe unnecessary. With indexed shifting, the front derailer probably won't work, and maybe the chainrings will be spaced wrong. The rear derailer is most likely fine, but the bike shop won't want to do it without the rear. >But then, it may just be that I'm a cheapskate, and blessed, >cyclingwise, with a bit of a mend-and-make-do ethic. We enjoy doing this stuff ourselves, and anybody that does can read rec.bicycles.tech and sheldonbrown.com and learn all about the cheapest ways to DIY. Going to a bike shop, you won't get them to do it those ways. >The main thing is to get a bike that works for you. In my experience, >that meant getting an old bike, cheap, to learn what I wanted, >exactly, before I spent RealMoney on a new bike. By the time I wanted >the NEW bike, I already had very clear idea of what I wanted in a Very good point. -- Rick Onanian