pre-loved 9 speed dura ace or virgin tiagra etc

fat bloke

I'm on a price-conscious shopping spree, (how's that for an oxymoron) for a winter bike.

What's the forum massive have to say about old 9 speed dura ace? It's what I have on my soon to be retired training bike. I can't decide whether I should get a frame and forks and transfer my old (well used, aesthetically challenged, but perfectly functioning) 9 speed dura ace groupset over to it, or get an entire budget bike with newer sora/tiagra/105 or whatever on it.

Buying newer, 105 is kind of out of my budget, which means I'm stuck with 9 speed groupsets anyway, which makes me think I may as well just use the old groupset.

Whatchy'all fink?

B Morrissey

I have a friend who swears that the 9 speed dura ace hubs were the best ever if that helps

fat bloke

Ah well the whole groupset, which has a lot of mileage on it now, I'm sure it's the original groupset on what could be a 16 year old bike or more - we bought it second hand - is working perfectly. It's a good while since it was serviced last and it's been regularly used, and it's shifting as well and as reliably as it ever has. There are one or two little micro adjusters, one on the front brakes for example, which has seized. I think that's a weak point anyway, cos the same thing happened my wife's newer 10 speed 7800 DA groupset. But other than that it's functionally perfect.

It's well worn looking though in places, particularly the levers, so like when I was thinking of buying a new canyon roadlite, it would kind of detract from the new frame, initially at least, to put old worn components on it, but if I got an older frame, or got the new one dirty , then it'd be less of an issue. (It is to be a winter training bike after all).

fat bloke

Sorry - only just realised I've this in adverts. Can someone move it to regular forum puleeze?

:rolleyes:

B Morrissey

something steel and retro maybe but i would keep the groupset - i have a sunour superbe pro front mech on an old bike and it (the mech) still looks class 20 years on

Beasty

fat bloke wrote: »

Sorry - only just realised I've this in adverts. Can someone move it to regular forum puleeze?

:rolleyes:

Damn, and I was going to offer you a tenner for your "Pre-loved ..... virgin"

Moved from Cycling adverts

manwithaplan

Beasty wrote: »

Damn, and I was going to offer you a tenner for your "Pre-loved ..... virgin"

Now that is an oxymoron.

fat bloke

Beasty wrote: »

Damn, and I was going to offer you a tenner for your "Pre-loved ..... virgin"

A tenner????!!!!!?!!

Chr1st man, you're tighter than a....

.hmmm...given the subject matter, I think I'll leave the analogy <ahem>... open ended.

:pac:

DirkVoodoo

fat bloke wrote: »

There are one or two little micro adjusters, one on the front brakes for example, which has seized. I think that's a weak point anyway, cos the same thing happened my wife's newer 10 speed 7800 DA groupset. But other than that it's functionally perfect.

You mean the barrel adjusters? They are extremely simple and replacements are cheap:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8620

fat bloke

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

You mean the barrel adjusters? They are extremely simple and replacements are cheap:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8620

Not those ones no, it's the little lever on the brake calipers for adjusting the jaws in or out:



There's a small allen key fitting but the whole thing is seized. Seems too delicate to try forcing.

cdaly_

Try some penetrating oil (repeatedly) and wiggle the lever gently. Might take a couple of days...