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Riluske
06-13-11, 05:29 PM
**I'm an idiot and meant to post this over in mechanics. Feel free to ignore**

I have a relatively new (2010) Sirrus Sport. I personally love the bike, but I was planning on converting it over to drop bars. I wanted to know if this shifter would work:

http://www.amazon.com/Shimano-SL-BS64-Ultegra-Shifter-8-Speed/dp/B000F5EFOC/ref=sr_1_1?s=cycling&ie=UTF8&qid=1308007651&sr=1-1

Thanks so much.

EDIT-I believe what's on there right now is the Shimano 2200 shifters, but I'm not entirely sure

Bianchigirll
06-13-11, 05:47 PM
well the shifters in the link are 8spd. if your bike has an 8spd cassette it should work. if you have 9 or 10 spds you need 9 or 10spd shifters

PS the current Sirrus Sport is 8spd so yes those shifters should work.

that bike is very new for the C&V forums, you really should have posted this in the Mechanics forums

what brake levers are you using?
Riluske
06-13-11, 05:52 PM
Maybe I should explain why I feel as though there is a question here....

The shifters say "BS79 shifters only compatible with Dura-Ace 7900 front derailleur due to revised cable pull actuation." However this person:
http://mikeshoup.com/past-bicycles/2009-sirrus/
Seems to have converted using the bar ends. I'm more wondering if the description is correct, or if they just say that.

Edit-wow, I didn't even mean to post this to vintage, completely my bad