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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Milledgeville, Georgia
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Bikes: 2018 Black Mountain Cycles MCD,2017 Advocate Cycles Seldom Seen Drop Bar, 2017 Niner Jet 9 Alloy, 2015 Zukas custom road, 2003 KHS Milano Tandem, 1986 Nishiki Cadence rigid MTB, 1980ish Fuji S-12S
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If by "standard shifters", you mean STI, you are probably heading towards spending way more than the bike will be worth. If you can take the bike apart, clean and service the parts, reassemble it and ride it without replacing much more than tires, tubes, freewheel, chain and cables, it could be a nice bike to have around.
Replacing shifters, cranks, levers, handlebars, stems, wheels, pedals, saddles...etc. can become surprisingly costly unless you happen to have the parts lying around or have access to cheap parts somewhere.