Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver

Having cantis means you should get your drop bars and road levers and will most likely want a shorter stem to compensate for the new bar set up.

Would avoid brifters and go with separate brake levers and shifters and bar end shifters are the best bet... you just need to match the speeds on the shifter with your rear cogs and a friction front d is the only way to go. If your bike is already running Shimano parts the conversion should be pretty straight up.

My Moulden set up with 8 speed indexed (Shimano)... I love bar end shifters.