hybrid conversion

[tubbylee]

hello all i finally converted my sirrus to a winter trainer (before)http://i50.tinypic.com/2q86jic.jpg (after) http://i46.tinypic.com/347tb4h.jpg thankyou to everyone on the forum for their help with this,i got the shifters on ebay,the 10 speed front crankset and front deraileur are from my race bike which was upgraded,i kept the mtb nine speed rear deraileur and cassette,everything working fine shifts as smooth as my 105 groupset which is a big surprise,the v brakes with the brifters do feel spongey and are a bit fiddley to set up but braking is excellent,all i have to do now is cut the steerer tube to get rid of extra spacers and fit an adjustable stem to lower the handle bars another cm thanks again i would never attemted this without advice from this forum

 

[ianrauk]

wow, that is looking good.
Though I do think black outer cables & bottle cages would have looked better. But that's me.

 

[Pauluk]

Well done, that does look cool.
+1 for the cable outers and the bottle cages

 

[HLaB]

Nice job, I converted my sirrus similarly, the brakes are a let down but on the whole I think it was worth doing. The bike is permanently on the turbo now so braking isn't an issue now.

 

[cyberknight]

Nice !

 

[tubbylee]

went down a steep descent on the the bike yesterday the brakes took a while to slow the bike got a bit of a fright,i will have to fit travel agents to the brakes

 

[lordloveaduck]

Whats the reach like?