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04-18-07 | 05:12 PM

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Raiyn

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Originally Posted by CaptMatt15

If thats what you're looking to do, basically any rear derailleur will fit on your hangar, its a standard one. If you're having tons of shifting problems though, its more than likely not just your derailleur - make sure its adjusted properly and such as well.

I'm just not sure that it's worth the effort to replace parts on a Target bike

That said. I wouldn't bother with the derailieurs, instead I'd replace the gripshifts with friction thumbshifters ( <$15 anywhere and far more forgiving). I actually fixed up a <gasp> Huffy Stalker FS (that I was given) using the thumbshifters, a flat handle bar I had lying around, some leftover tires I no longer use, along with grips and a Schwinn saddle from Target. I spent less than $50 and the bike rides 1000% better than it did before, however it still doesn't compare to my other Bike Store bikes and I would hate to ride it for anything more than a couple of miles largely due to it's smallish flimsy feeling frame and crappy wheels, but it functions well enough for a bike that I put together as a bike to get me to and from a bus stop and to be left locked outside for hours at a time in order to spare my good bikes which I'd use in a secure parking situation.

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Originally Posted by Hal Fisher

No real problems, just want a quieter, more sure shifting. So a Sram will fit without new twist shifters?

No. The shifters that you currently have are Shimano compatible not SRAM. SRAM makes shifters for both Shimano and SRAM but uses a different system for it's own stuff.

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