No Longer Flat

[HLaB]

Hi all,

It took me a while but I finally bought the parts to convert my flat bar sirrus to a dropped bar bike, the actual conversion process turned out to be quicker.
Parts

Dropped

 

[spandex]

Nice good job

But you need to turn the handle bars so they are flat.

 

[HLaB]

Nice good job

But you need to turn the handle bars so they are flat.

What do you mean? I just set them up how I saw in a few books with the bottom section parallel to the ground; I took it out for a short test run today and it seems like a good position.

 

[spandex]

Ok if it seems right for you

 

[John the Monkey]

How's it ride HLab?

Looks very "compact" to me, but it's always a bit hard to tell from photos.

 

[HLaB]

It rides great; It just has 40cm bars, I've got quite a narrow frame/ shoulders (a bike fit suggested that). I can now fit in the back of my little Toyota starlet for transporting removing the front wheel only previously I had to remove both.

 

[potnoodle]

looks good to me. What did you have to change to swap over to drop bars.

Have a Sirrus Comp myself and was thinking of doing the same thing.

 

[HLaB]

looks good to me. What did you have to change to swap over to drop bars.

Have a Sirrus Comp myself and was thinking of doing the same thing.

The pictures are blocked for me now I'm at work but if I recall right I bought: drops (£17), stem (£21), sti's (Sora £99), bar tape (£11) and electrical tape. Laterrally I bought two little wheel things to lengthen the pull or something of the brake cables, (they were £3 each from a lbs).

Although not needed for the conversion a while back I had fitted a new stem, wheels and tyres too.

 

[potnoodle]

does look good. What wheels have you put on there and what model Sirrus is your bike?

 

[HLaB]

does look good. What wheels have you put on there and what model Sirrus is your bike?

The wheels are Mavic Askiums alot better than the old alex rims that came with the bike.

Its an '06 Sirrus Sports, it had a 52t chain ring and I really like that they've discontinued it I beleive

 

[HLaB]

looks good to me. What did you have to change to swap over to drop bars.

Have a Sirrus Comp myself and was thinking of doing the same thing.

Oh I forgot to say I also got inline cable adjusters for the gears and brakes. The first set (for the gears) cost about £5 I also got a set from a lbs for free for the brakes. The latter proved to be extremely useful; I can adjust the pads to get good braking and loosen the cable slightly so I can unship the brakes and remove the wheel.

 

[potnoodle]

I see a bike in a shop the other day which had dual brakes on its dropped down bars.

Was very cool. One set of small levers for when riding upright and another set for when you use the drop part of the pars.

Was on a £1600 plus bike