Originally Posted by
zatopek
Obviously, it's your call. If all you want is a drop bar road bike, convert your Sirrus. If you have the money and want a whole new ride, go for that. What is you motivation to convert to drop bars? How will you use either the converted bike or new ride?
The upright position is uncomfortable to me. I mean, I feel fine riding it, but I have a need to be lower.
Originally Posted by
adamrice
My feeling is that flat bars are fine if all you do is short (5 miles or less) rides, like in-town commuting. If you're riding longer distances, you want more hand positions.
$200 isn't a bad deal in terms of bike-store prices., but I agree with big john. You could probably do it cheaper.
I mainly ride on a bike path, and I was doing around 20+ miles round trip. Only one position did suck.
Originally Posted by
mihlbach
You will need cantilever brakes...or "travel agent" adaptors that will allow the road levers to pull the right amount of cable for your V-brakes. Was that included in your estimate? If brakes are included in your estimate, then that is a great price indeed. I paid $300 for the parts for my Sirrus-to-road bike conversion years ago, but I didn't go with the cheapest possible parts.
IIRC, it was for everything.