Originally Posted by
surreal
Winner! (Just had to change the tape fro cork to cotton/) And that's only b/c you seem to really want some "brifters"; otherwise, I'd just go with a bigger cassette and some maintenance. PS- A triple on that bike will not help you keep up with friends on modern bikes. It'll just make climbing easier for you--not faster.
Ahhhh! This is sounds like the best option. My friend who is an ironman and builds his own bikes recently cleaned my bike. I do need to take the chain off and clean bc my daughter got some sand in it.
That is probably my two biggest priorities - bigger cassette and brifters. Thanks for the tip on tape. I have a couple of spec sheets but tget don't list the hub mm. Need to confirm.
Ideally, I would like to go to 8sp vs 7sp with a larger cassette - this is a really small casette and 2 of the gears are pretty much the same size so its more like 6 sp. Did the original 8sp come with a larger hub?
My bike says 21T-24T. 32 H. My 7sp cassette is 21T.
I am in Dana Point CA. Alot of steep long hills. Bought a short sale to get into a good neighborhood which is why I can't buy a new bike (: