07-20-2004, 07:30 PM
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| Guest | Re: Fixing up an 85 Cannondale, Please advise!
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:14:51 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net>
wrote:
>On 19 Jul 2004 13:04:50 -0700, wildphatdisc@hotmail.com (Reggie)
>wrote:
>>Question: I also can have a 94 touring fuji. Question is, I want to
>>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.
> New rear wheel: $120
Maybe unnecessary.
> New cassette: $60
Depends on wear.
> New cables/housings: $20
VERY good idea.
> New front derailer: $30
> New rear derailer: $60
> New crankset: $120
Again, maybe unnecessary.
But then, it may just be that I'm a cheapskate, and blessed,
cyclingwise, with a bit of a mend-and-make-do ethic.
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
bicycle...and wasn't bothered that I had to spend a bit for what I
wanted.
-Luigi
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