Making a bit of a hybrid for my dad as his current drop bar set-up doesn't work for him.
Does anyone know if you can just use an MTB groupset on a road frame? Or do I need to buy a specific road/touring groupset?
It's a standard road frame, screw in BB, external cabling, 10 speed road hub, etc. Only challenge is that due to his age it'll need to have a triple.
Oh, and the frame has caliper brakes and no mounts for anything else.
I fear it'll be cheaper to buy a new bike, but where's the fun in that?!
Unless the frame is something worth keeping it probably is cheaper to just buy a new bike and sell the old one. What frame is it?
My brother did the same for my dad's George Longstaff when he got a bit long in the tooth. Is your dad's drop bar already a triple or not?
The frame is nothing special, it's currently got a Tiagra triple groupset on it, but it's on it's way out so it'll like need replacing anyway.
His requirements are:
Flat bars - He doesn't use the drops and is more comfortable on flats
Triple crankset - He won't buy an eBike so needs the winching gear
Rim brakes -As that's what the frame fits. Could possibly do cable disks if we bought a new frame.
Probably do it for around £100.
Bar, grips, longer stem, brake levers should be relatively cheap enough.
Tiagra shifters will be the most expensive, around £60-70 new
I think I still have the parts from my dad's bike but they are 3x9 flat bar road shifters, front mech and brake levers.
Does anyone know if you can just use an MTB groupset on a road frame? Or do I need to buy a specific road/touring groupset?
I changed a Genesis CDR over to flat bars by adding (10 speed)SLX changers,rear mech and cable pull brakes for MrsFH. It all worked fine and she uses it a lot more than when it had drops.