Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I'm very happy with my conversion. I used STI shifters that I had laying around and BB7 road brakes.
That said, I have a set of old road bars that came off my '77 Gitane. These have a 25.4mm clamp diameter and a 22.2mm bar diameter, which happen to be the exact sizes used by modern MTB bars (except those that use the 31.8 clamp diameter). If you visit
The Recyclery you can probably find a pair like this (or if you want a 38cm wide pair PM me). I'm not sure you wouldn't have issues getting the components around the drops, but they should fit if you can get them in place.
This looks amazing. I want this for my soho 3.