[grrrah]

I am a long time mt. biker, and new road rider. I am set with my bike, but I wanted to build a bike for my girlfriend that is an extreme beginner. Nowhere near getting her on dirt. Since I have a lot of mt bike parts laying around the garage, would a flat bar road bike made up of the following work:

road frame/fork
road wheels (upgrade for me on the way )
road brakes
mt. brake levers
completely mountain drivetrain (the gearing would actually be better for her)

I'll do a search, but the wheels currently have a 10-spd shimano cassette. would a 9-spd mt. cassette fit on it?

 

[TurboTurtle]

I am a long time mt. biker, and new road rider. I am set with my bike, but I wanted to build a bike for my girlfriend that is an extreme beginner. Nowhere near getting her on dirt. Since I have a lot of mt bike parts laying around the garage, would a flat bar road bike made up of the following work:

road frame/fork
road wheels (upgrade for me on the way )
road brakes
mt. brake levers
completely mountain drivetrain (the gearing would actually be better for her)

I'll do a search, but the wheels currently have a 10-spd shimano cassette. would a 9-spd mt. cassette fit on it?

The MTB levers pull more cable than road levers meaning that the brakes would engage quickly with more hand strength required. A cross frame with V-brakes would be a better solution. An old pair of canti MTB brake levers would also work (pulls less cable).

The Shimano-9 (MTB or Rd.) will fit on the hub as long as it is not a DA-10 hub.

I built a similar thing for my wife when she was starting except that it was a cross/touring frame and I used Ultegra for the front drive train. She loved it.

TF

 

[grrrah]

cool. I think I will just look for canti-levers or flat bar road levers (is there such a thing?).

other than the frame/fork, the only things I need to get are the brake levers and a bottom pull front der.

 

[TurboTurtle]

cool. I think I will just look for canti-levers or flat bar road levers (is there such a thing?).

other than the frame/fork, the only things I need to get are the brake levers and a bottom pull front der.

Flatt bar road levers exist

http://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cyc...<>ast_id=1408474395181419&bmUID=1145651236190

but I don't know how available they are. If you have a source for canti levers, they would be just as good. - TF

 

[TurboTurtle]

Flatt bar road levers exist

http://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cyc...<>ast_id=1408474395181419&bmUID=1145651236190

but I don't know how available they are. If you have a source for canti levers, they would be just as good. - TF

I guess that they are available. Here's a pair on Amazon??

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007UTCPM/104-5480239-6053529?v=glance

TF