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Old 10-19-11 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by johnnyletrois
First season racing next year, so cat5 here I come.

How bad is it? Should I race on my Wilier Cento1, which was over budget, or not? I have an old steel bike w/downtube friction shifters which I suppose I could use.

Thoughts?
You could spend a few hundred bucks and do a budget conversion to modern 10 speed, if the bike is worthy of the upgrade. I did mine for about $350.

Or ride it with DT shifters. If it's a crit, there's hardly any shifting anyway.
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