chris the sweep

Hi, I have a Scott sportster p2 and love the bike, however its got a few miles in it, the suntour fork is locked out 95% of the time but I am noticing quite a bit of rocking movement front to back so I am thinking its a bit tired, so I was thinking of a carbon replacement, then I thought my riding type has changed why dont I just adapt the bike to an adventure/gravel style bike I noticed the frame geometry is almost the same for the Sportster/Speedster, and I am finding the flat bars uncomfortable after a couple of hours so was looking at changing bars/shifters to drop bars I am already running 38mm tires.
any thoughts suggestions?

chas58

I'm thinking its kind of expensive to go to drop bars unless you have the parts lying around. A carbon replacement fork could be nice. Personally on my flat bar bike I use Ergon Trekking grips that give me some options on hand positions. Jones bar is another alternative. Makes me wonder if there is another fit issue that is making your bars uncomfortable. I'll do 400 mile rides and be comfortable on my flat bar setup (although not as fast as I am with drops, and certainly there a lot of good reasons for drops).

chris the sweep

I dont think its a problem with size/fit of the bike, its more a problem with me, I have quite bad tendonitis in both elbows, and the drop bars would help me to vary my riding position, however I can see what you mean by quite expensive, it might even be impossible, (as I dont want to change my gearing), in finding a drop bar shift/brake set that incorporates a triple ring with 9 speed and hydraulic discs is proving problematical.