If I were to ride the bike, I'd keep the road bars. I'm setting it up for my better half however, and she won't have anything like downtube or bar-end shifters. Looking at the prices of some MTB brake/shift units made me think that perhaps road brifters are the way to go (8 speed Sora can be had cheaply), but SWMBO wanted straight bars (and I don't have to worry about them working with v-brakes).
Hence my question in the technical forum (I don't know anything about MTBs). Are SRAM grip shifters compatible with Shimano derailers? What about units marked as compatible with SRAM 1:1 derailers? Are any of the MTB brake levers incompatible with v-brakes?
TIA