Originally Posted by cappuccino911

not sure where the notion that I have zero skills came from but totally not the case, I've just never tinkered with wheels. Regarding the shifting, it's no problem. The new bike is a 24 speed. the flat bar shifters are coming off my rapid which is also 8 speed. They are the r221 shifters that require the special front deraileur so all I really have to do is get an adaptor because the FD is a braze on. The flat bar shifters require less cable housing than the brifters so i wont even have to replace them. Should be an easy swap.

I was hoping she would take a liking to the drop bars, but its not worth it now. If she really gets into it and decides she wants to go faster, I can just put them back on, but since we live in nyc, being mentally comfortable that she is in control of the bike when riding through the streets is paramount.