Originally Posted by The Chemist

I decided to add Sora 3500 brifters to my bullhorn bars, as I found that when I was riding my bike I was wanting to spend most of the time on the horns, which made braking/shifting rather inconvenient. I also added cross levers for braking when I'm riding on the flat part of the bar. I had to change out the standard V-brakes for mini V-brakes to work correctly with the brifters.

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Very happy with the change. I'm impressed with myself for being able to do all the mechanical work by myself, and I'm impressed with the feel of the bike now that the changes are complete. I had to adjust the brakes somewhat to get enough stopping power, but I've now ridden the bike over 100km and it feels great.