Originally Posted by
dabac
Want a comfy upright climbing position and some serious brakes on your tourer? Another stem and a flat bar and you're suddenly fully compatible with everything the MTB world has to offer.
If you want to get REALLY wacky, use regular road brakes to your brifters and get a set of disc brakes mounted and run the cables to your flat bar brakes. Four brakes that way, and you can use whichever seems most appropriate for the situation.