Hey all, I’ve been cycling all my life but only in the last few years have I been road cycling. I’m very competent in bike care and maintenance but I do have a question on tyres and shifters.
My son (nearly 13) has been admiring my Trek 2.1 and asking about road bikes. He’s not confident about going out with me on roads just yet, and I’ve never ridden trails on a road bike. We like to go out on mixed trails, tarmac/compact gravel/dirt and I have just bought him a B-Twin Triban 5 (3x9), cracking bike in great condition with carbon forks and seat stay for his birthday. I want to:
1. know what tyres would be a good choice to replace the slicks on both bikes so we can use for the terrain mentioned above (strangely as long as I’ve been riding I’ve never had to do this on my road bike!). They would need to cope with gravel as we go to Grafam and Rutland often, as well as dirt/mud.
2. The B-twin has a 3x9 Sora group set, but has the old type of Sora ST-3400 shifters with change down button. Given my son’s hands won’t reach the button in drop position, I’d like to change the shifters. Are all shimano 3x9 shifters interchangeable with the Sora group set? E.g. could I change the Sora 3x9 shifters for Ultegra 3x9?
Thanks in advance👍
My son (nearly 13) has been admiring my Trek 2.1 and asking about road bikes. He’s not confident about going out with me on roads just yet, and I’ve never ridden trails on a road bike. We like to go out on mixed trails, tarmac/compact gravel/dirt and I have just bought him a B-Twin Triban 5 (3x9), cracking bike in great condition with carbon forks and seat stay for his birthday. I want to:
1. know what tyres would be a good choice to replace the slicks on both bikes so we can use for the terrain mentioned above (strangely as long as I’ve been riding I’ve never had to do this on my road bike!). They would need to cope with gravel as we go to Grafam and Rutland often, as well as dirt/mud.
2. The B-twin has a 3x9 Sora group set, but has the old type of Sora ST-3400 shifters with change down button. Given my son’s hands won’t reach the button in drop position, I’d like to change the shifters. Are all shimano 3x9 shifters interchangeable with the Sora group set? E.g. could I change the Sora 3x9 shifters for Ultegra 3x9?
Thanks in advance👍