Changed my Surly to a Campy triple for $19!!!
(well, sort of :D )
I passionately love, adore, worship my LBS!!! ( www.recycledcycles.com )
My bike guru Paul has an injured shoulder, but he worked on my bike anyway, even though one arm is in a sling. Trek and I will have to drop off a six-pack as soon as I can get there next weekend.
Anyway, he found me a 26t granny ring, which bolts right onto the spider my Cross Check came with. The Shimano Tiagra double front der worked for a triple, but was fussy and sometimes refused to shift during my test ride. Paul went to the der bin (it is RECYCLED Cycles!) and found a gorgeous Campy Veloce triple front der and swapped it out. The front shifter on my CC is pure friction (the rear can be friction or indexed) so there was nothing to change for the triple.
The Grand Total: $19.
While I was there a customer was looking at a Surly CC (as I was wheeling mine by) so I talked him into taking it for a test ride. I was sitting on the bench outside filling up my waterbottle with Clif mix and water when he came back, so I showed him how Paul had just made my CC into a triple. The guy was *this* close to buying it, but thought he needed a different size.
