What is involved?
I have a flat bar road hybrid with a triple chainring, 8 speed rear cassette, set up. The front (Nexave) shifter is knackered, and having got used to a compact set up on my road bike, I'd prefer smaller jumps between gears than with the current 8 speed set up. I saw a 9 speed bike with flat bars today, and wondered how much is involved to converting to 9 speed. My existing cassette is pretty worn anyway and will need replacing soon.
I happened upon these shifters (Shimano Deore 590) earlier. Is it too much to expect that you could just unbolt the Nexave shifters and bolt on the Deore ones, replace the cassette and chain, tweak the adjustment, and get back on the road?
I have a flat bar road hybrid with a triple chainring, 8 speed rear cassette, set up. The front (Nexave) shifter is knackered, and having got used to a compact set up on my road bike, I'd prefer smaller jumps between gears than with the current 8 speed set up. I saw a 9 speed bike with flat bars today, and wondered how much is involved to converting to 9 speed. My existing cassette is pretty worn anyway and will need replacing soon.
I happened upon these shifters (Shimano Deore 590) earlier. Is it too much to expect that you could just unbolt the Nexave shifters and bolt on the Deore ones, replace the cassette and chain, tweak the adjustment, and get back on the road?