7-speed brifters with a 7-speed freewheel on a 126mm bike
10-18-20, 06:01 PM
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7-speed brifters with a 7-speed freewheel on a 126mm bike
So I'm helping a friend modernize an old bike on the cheap. 126mm spacing, freewheel, downtube shifters. He rides in the city and does not want to reach down to shift any more. But he does want to keep the drop bars. New wheels are not in the picture. It looks like one might be able to get indexed shifting from the brake levers with only two rather economical purchases:
1) 7-speed freewheel to replace 6-speed freewheel.
2) 7 speed brifters, either ST-A070 (Tourney) or Microshift R7
I imagine figuring out if the existing derailleurs would work is a matter of trial and error. But my question is, has anyone done this and ended up happy with the result? Or had the reverse experience?
1) 7-speed freewheel to replace 6-speed freewheel.
2) 7 speed brifters, either ST-A070 (Tourney) or Microshift R7
I imagine figuring out if the existing derailleurs would work is a matter of trial and error. But my question is, has anyone done this and ended up happy with the result? Or had the reverse experience?
10-18-20, 06:43 PM
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See your duplicate post above.
10-18-20, 06:47 PM
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Maybe move the downtube shifters onto the bars: https://velo-orange.com/products/vo-...unts-22-2-23-8 https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/compon...imanothumbies/
10-18-20, 06:57 PM
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