Maybe…MAYBE it’s just me but I just received a quote to get my TT bars taken off my P2C and get a road bike set up instead…and it’s going to cost $625 plus tax… I really did NOT expect it to be so expensive…damn you components!!
If you are looking for STI go on ebay and buy them. They aren’t too hard to install.
sounds right new bars, new shifters/brakes , new tape and install
brake/shifter 300.00
bars carbon 200.0
tape 20.00
install time 1 hour
sounds a little on the steep side but it seems like that could be the right amount
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I changed my p2sl over to road setup for < $200. I am sure you could do it even cheaper with used stuff. Check out the classifieds.
go with 105 shifters. there is nothing wrong with them.
they are beautiful
oh my…if only I was geting carbon bars…nooohoooho… they said $450 for shifter/breaks…and a cheap bar
I mean… I don’t really care for the bar to be carbon or w/e.
I think I agree with jackmott and ask for 105 instead of dura ace…
I’m not super bike savy so I don’t think I would be able to do the change myself… I will ask another bike store…
Buy used parts and do it yourself. Seriously, it is very easy. Park tool has a greaat website.
If you post where you live, you might find someone who will volunteer to show you how. Seriously!
Or you can just man up and do the work yourself.
$200 for SRAM force brifters and $110 for a nice carbon bar. (all on eBay)
That’s what I did and it cost less than $350!
I have done this exact conversion for my wife’s bike. I call it the “Chrissie Wellington edition” P2C.
I got brand new 2008 DuraAce shifters off eBay for ~$280. We already had a cheap road handlebar and the Profile Design T2 aluminum bars from her previous road bike, but you would have to add the cost of those ($50 + $75). I already had a spare stem that worked with the oversized road bar (~$50). Not sure if that’s included in your price quote. That’s ~$450 in parts leaving $175 in labor. At $65/hr that’s just under 3 hours labor.
It is not an hour long job… even if you’re really really really good. It took my amateur effort about 6 hours start to finish. Of course, I wanted everything absolutely perfect and replaced all the cables and housings and fittings. You also have to retape the bars of course which takes time to do properly. If I was a shop I wouldn’t quote any less than 3 hours for the job. A one hour job is a derailleur adjustment and a wipe down.
If they’re doing any sort of fit time included in there, the costs seem about right to me at usual bike shop parts markup.
Money could be saved by buying 105s or SRAM components off eBay… even used… but the shop should then charge you actual labor costs since they’re losing that markup. It may work out to be a deal but understand that you’ll get no guarantees on the parts you bring in. If you think it’s completely unreasonable, then do it yourself. It was a fun and challenging but great learning experience. If you just want to be able to go ride guaranteed… $625 please.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have a related question. I’m about to build up a Kuota K-Factor frame, and I plan to do a comprimise setup using shallow drop bars and STI shifters. What I’m hoping to end up with is something that I can use for an occassional TT or duathlon, but still be suitable for conventional road riding with the seat shoved back and maybe the stem raised a bit. Any thoughts on that type of setup?
BTW, I do all of my own bike work, and installing drop bars/STI shifters is not that difficult. Watch eBay or the on-line shops for deals and do it yourself.
I’d suggest Ultegra (or Rival) if on a budget. 105 shifts about the exact same, but are definitely not very durable (in fact, I have a 4 month old black right shifter if you want for cheap …) and can’t be rebuilt like Campy.
Definitely time to learn to cable a bike yourself. Will save about $150 for you THIS time and EVERY time.
why not just buy a cheap and or used road bike? That way you will have 2. Can’t imagine that a p2c in road config would be all that great anyhow.
step 1: buy used 105 STI shifters on classifieds/ebay for $100
step 2: buy used bars on craigslist/classifieds for $20
step 3: buy $3 bar tape from online retailer
step 4: read parktool.com and change it yourself (VERY easy) OR
step 5: pay a more mechanically inclined buddy $10 worth of beer to do it
$123-133 dollars.
As others have mentioned, just do it yourself. There are other options as well.
If you are just using it for a training bike and not racing it in road races, just get a set of drop bars and some non STI levers and install your Bar End Shifters on a set of shortie aerobars.
I currently run a pair of Campagnolo Record Carbon levers that I bought for $150 new and had my aerobars cut down to almost ITU length which I installed my Dura-Ace bar end shifter to. I already had a pair of drop bars that I am using, already had the aerobars and a different stem.
The bar end shifters are very easy to reach and the aerobar armrests flip up out of the way. Works amazingly well for a training bike with little cost to convert.
You can use the same shifter housings and cables since you are shortening the length so you do not have to spend any money on that and you might need to get some longer brake housings but again you might not have to.
I did not have to change any of my housings at all and just shortened them all.
Just pick up some cheap bar tape.
Maybe…MAYBE it’s just me but I just received a quote to get my TT bars taken off my P2C and get a road bike set up instead…and it’s going to cost $625 plus tax… I really did NOT expect it to be so expensive…damn you components!!
$625 is not much when you compare that to the cost of replacing the P2C frame when someone manages to stick his front wheel in your rear derailleur. And that happens sooner or later when you road race frequently, particularly in crits. There is a good reason why the R and the S series on Cervélos road bikes have replaceable derailleur hangers and the P3C and P2C does not. Too risky, I would not try it.
Sergio
Maybe…MAYBE it’s just me but I just received a quote to get my TT bars taken off my P2C and get a road bike set up instead…and it’s going to cost $625 plus tax… I really did NOT expect it to be so expensive…damn you components!!
At $625, another $225 gets you this:
http://www.feltracing.com/09-catalog/road/f-series/09-f95-team-issue.aspx
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George
Maybe the cost a sign that you shouldn’t put drops on a steep tri bike.
Just an FYI, list price for a set of DA7800 STIs is about $475. Your LBS is in the ballpark.
dude, dont mean to be an ass, and i am not by any means a great wrench, but 3 horus for a bike shop to do this, come on!?!
i can, and very easily have, done this switch in under an hour without issue.
You might be getting hosed because you’re converting a tri bike…a Cervelo tri bike. If you brought in a 15 year old Trek road bike to upgrade, they would probably be fishing 9 speed Dura Ace shifters out of the back stock room and charging you a case of beer.