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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Very nice, Have you considered 8 speed? There were 8 speed SIS bar end shifters. They are new enough that they should still be relatively easy to find, yet not being old enough to be collectible, they will be much cheaper than 9 speed. You will also still have the Hyperglide technology on the cogs. It should provide all the advantage of upgrading to 9 speed, less one cog, with good savings.
Unfortunately it's a freewheel setup so I would need to replace the wheel (or at least the hub) to go with a cassette (don't think I'd want to go with an 8-spd freewheel even if I could find one). And I haven't seen any 27" cassette wheels so that would mean either buying a set in 700C or have the rear rebuild with a new hub, fairly expensive either way. My original plan was to just buy a set of 700C wheels, cassette, chain, and 9-spd bar-ends but that would cost a fair penny. I only have $225 or so invested in it now and I don't want it becoming a money pit.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista