Swapping out Tri setup for regular road setup
06-28-07, 07:51 AM
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Swapping out Tri setup for regular road setup
How difficult would it be to take my tri bike and swap road handlebars/shifters on it? I love the bike and don't have space for 2 bikes, so if I could easily swap between the setups that would be great! Thanks!
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Cable splitters will allow you to have two sets of handlebars each with it's own stem, shifters and brake levers and to switch them out fairly quickly.
da Vinci Designs makes splitters for both shift and brake cables. Look here and scroll down to the "Easy-Split" description: https://www.teamspirit.net/comp.html
These splitters work very well and are common on travel bikes with S&S couplers that allow the frame to be taken apart for packing. I have them on a Co-Motion travel bike and the shifting needs no adjustment after disassembly/reassembly.
da Vinci Designs makes splitters for both shift and brake cables. Look here and scroll down to the "Easy-Split" description: https://www.teamspirit.net/comp.html
These splitters work very well and are common on travel bikes with S&S couplers that allow the frame to be taken apart for packing. I have them on a Co-Motion travel bike and the shifting needs no adjustment after disassembly/reassembly.
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Great help thanks! What will it be like riding a bike with tri geometry (cervelo p2c) with conventional handlebars?
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Originally Posted by mjdwyer23
Great help thanks! What will it be like riding a bike with tri geometry (cervelo p2c) with conventional handlebars?
