albion
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- South Tyneside
Why would they not work is more the question.
Modify old bike or buy another?
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Why would they not work is more the question.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
You (OP) do realise that your lowest (shortest) gear on this plastic bike will be significantly harder to pedal up your local scenery. Which is I think where this thread started off.
Chislenko
Veteran
Sometimes I think "heart rules head" when buying a bike!
Not sure I understand. Plastic bike?
Jameshow
Veteran
Pejorative term for carbon fibre bikes.
Steel is real around here!
Ps I was on a plastic bike today (trusty Cannondale in avatar) and it rode well, and I still have a few teeth!
Or... to use its arguably most correct and descriptive name free from the corruption of marketeers or nay-sayers, carbon fibre reinforced polymer.
Ah right. I might have twigged with "epoxy and string" or something like that. Carbon != plastic so that threw me off.
The lowest gear on the 12 speed 105 with a 50:34 front and 11-36 rear is very close to the bodge job I've fitted to the current bike (34/36 = 0.94x, vs 28/30 = 0.93x). It would be great if I could get a 32T front chainring or 38T largest rear for the 105, but I'm not sure either of those are feasible).
The lowest gear on the 12 speed 105 with a 50:34 front and 11-36 rear is very close to the bodge job I've fitted to the current bike (34/36 = 0.94x, vs 28/30 = 0.93x). It would be great if I could get a 32T front chainring or 38T largest rear for the 105, but I'm not sure either of those are feasible).
Jameshow
Veteran
I don't think a double will go that small I could be wrong....
Indeed. A bit more than £1000! Turns out I can make quite a saving through a cycle to work scheme; so whilst it's still more than I'd want to spend it would take it well under £2k.
I read somewhere than the bolt hole pattern is too large to allow anything under a 34T front chainring, so you may well be right.
