drop bars on a novara buzz
03-16-07, 12:38 PM
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drop bars on a novara buzz
I got an '07 Novara buzz earlier this month at REI at a GREAT price (discount, divedends, etc.). I absolutely love the bike. I ride agressively on DC's crappy streets, so the bike's speed, disk brakes, and durability are awesome! However, I am used to riding drop bars on my 1970's Fuji racing bike, and I am just not a big fan of the riser bars that came on the bike. I've added some bar ends and experimented with that, but I don't really like them. So, how do I go about making the major conversion to drop bars?? I really have no idea of how to do it. Will the disk brakes be a problem? I think with drop bars, this bike will be a total urban beast!
any advice will be greatly appreciated.
seeya on the street...
any advice will be greatly appreciated.
seeya on the street...
03-16-07, 01:12 PM
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The most economical solution would be to get the drops, bar end shifters and DiaCompe 287V aero brake levers. They are the only road bar compatible brake levers I know of that will have the correct cable pull for the Avid5 discs on your bike. It may be possible to rig some Travel Agent cable pull adapters, but I've not heard of this being done with discs.
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my buddy did the same conversion, it came out great. He is running a 1x9 drivetrain with a shimano sti shifter for the rear and a standard brake lever on the left. As far as brakes go he swapped the stock brakes out for avid road specific disc brakes, travel agents are lame. Road levers will not work properly with disc brakes designed for MTB levers, they do not pull enough cable. Sell your old ones to a buddy or keep em for another project!
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1. There's a couple of ways to swap the handlebars. You can get a Nitto bar that has a 25.4 clamp diameter or replace the stem and get any 26.0 handlebar. there's a good chance that you might want to change the stem anyway so that's probably what I would do.
2. If the bike has canty studs, there's an inline Travel Agent that will bolt right up. Otherwise, Santana tandems has a different cable pull device that fits inline anywhere you have cable housing.
The third option, of course, is bar end shifters and either Diacompe or Tektro long throw brake levers.
2. If the bike has canty studs, there's an inline Travel Agent that will bolt right up. Otherwise, Santana tandems has a different cable pull device that fits inline anywhere you have cable housing.
The third option, of course, is bar end shifters and either Diacompe or Tektro long throw brake levers.
