Thanks for dropping by my thread.

This summer my best mates Dad past away after a long battle with Leukemia. John was a huge Tour fan and the only thing that got him upright over the two years being bed ridden was the Tour de France.

So as a memorial to John, Ben and Me and who ever is up for it are cycling Day 17 of this Years tour next summer on John's Anniversary. Yep one of the harder days!

Well the question out there is this.. I have a Spesh Allez Ellite with a double 105 rig.. Now I'm not a hill climber ( not yet anyhow ) and I'm looking at putting a triple on to haul my arse up the hills.

The 105 Shifter at the mo is Double only so would need to be changed to the new version that handles a triple.

Now the real nightmare is the cost! I heard that I might need new shifters new chain set new chain new bottom bracket new cassette!

Do I buy a new bike!

Any help on the ideas of costs and conversions would be greatly appreciated.

many thanks for any advice... Simon