Hybrid into cx ?

[Chris-H]

How feasible is it to convert my Corratec shape pro hybrid into a cyclocross bike? I know you can put drop bars on any bike no matter how wrong it looks but what is the difference between the 2 bikes, excluding the said handle bars?

 

[vickster]

Gears, brakes

 

[raindog]

geometry?

 

[vickster]

I am guessing it's this bike

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/corratec-shape-pro-2013/rp-prod89407?_$ja=tsid:46412|cgn:Corratec - Hybrid and City Bikes|cn:Chain Reaction-UK-PLA-PLA-All-DT-SE|kw:344868UK_Corratec Shape Pro 2013&gclid=CMbOitH66LoCFQrkwgoddw8ALQ

Might be cheaper to sell and buy a CX...105 brifters are £200+, bars and tape will be £40, then cabling...and you need to do the work

 

[raindog]

[QUOTE 2771934, member: 259"]Beat me too it! [/quote]
haha - must've been typing that at exactly the same moment
there's usually only me around on here at this time on a saturday morning

 

[Chris-H]

Gears, brakes

same brakes as what was on my spesh tri cross (which was too small) which is what got me thinking about this in the first place, I know on cx bikes the bottom bracket is higher from the ground for clearance and it looks like I have a similar clearance with my hybrid. As for gears, not sure how mine compare.

 

[vickster]

You have the brifters? What groupset was on the tricross?

I'd get advice from your LBS or are you going to do the build yourself?

 

[Chris-H]

I am guessing it's this bike

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/corratec-shape-pro-2013/rp-prod89407?_$ja=tsid:46412|cgn:Corratec - Hybrid and City Bikes|cn:Chain Reaction-UK-PLA-PLA-All-DT-SE|kw:344868UK_Corratec Shape Pro 2013&gclid=CMbOitH66LoCFQrkwgoddw8ALQ

Might be cheaper to sell and buy a CX...105 brifters are £200+, bars and tape will be £40, then cabling...and you need to do the work

mine is a 2010 I believe, full 105 groupo

 

[Chris-H]

You have the brifters? What groupset was on the tricross?

I'd get advice from your LBS or are you going to do the build yourself?

I cant remember what was on the tri and yep i'm planning on doing the work myself, I don't want to sell the bike as I brought it from some money left to me by my late Nan.

 

[Pale Rider]

[QUOTE 2771933, member: 259"]Geometry...[/quote]

I wouldn't bet on it - the trekking bike the OP has is designed to produce a fairly upright position, same as a CX.

 

[vickster]

As I understand it, you need 10 speed brifters (so 105 or post 2012 Tiagra, not Sora or 2300), although perhaps there is some adaptation possible

 

[Chris-H]

As I understand it, you need 10 speed brifters (so 105 or post 2012 Tiagra, not Sora or 2300), although perhaps there is some adaptation possible

I've currently got 9 speed double 105 , I wasn't planning on changing the gears only the shifters and swapping the bars, fitting in-line secondry brake levers like on the tri cross and some tyres but wasn't sure how effective the bike would be, i'm not planning on competitive riding just off road leisure, failing everything else I could just change they tyres and leave it as it is.

 

[vickster]

9 speed 105? I was not aware of such a thing, not sure when it became 10 speed. You need 9 speed shifters then I believe

 

[Chris-H]

9 speed 105? I was not aware of such a thing, not sure when it became 10 speed. You need 9 speed shifters then I believe

yup unusually so.

 

[Chris-H]

http://www.thebikelist.co.uk/corratec/shape-pro-sports-trekking-2010