If you have a bike that has down tube shifters can you install a set of brifters instead or would you need to swap out the front and back derailleurs too (at least?).
This might be a pretty open ended question, I’m not sure.
Be specific- what groupset do you have?
I don’t, just been thinking of buying an older road bike and wondered if this was something you could do or whether it meant a groupset swap.
If you wanna go to 8/9/10 from 6/7 you’ll probably be up for RD, FD, cranks, and a rear wheel.
I’m still running my old nervar cranks and hurret fd to my 105 brifters and 9 speed shit
Brifters started with 8spd groups. It’s mainly about having a cassette which is spaced correctly for the pull of the shifter. I guess potentially you could lock out the last shift by setting the derailleur limits to use an 8spd brifter on a 7spd cassette or something similar.
I stand corrected.