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purebikes
I think that might be a little awkward on the trail but you never know. I have been looking for a set of those shifter mounts that go right under the drops so that you can mount thumbies. Kind of hard to find though.
I don't do a lot of off roading so it wouldn't be as big of a deal. When I do go off road, I don't change gears that often...
So I've started converting the Trek 8300 to a drop bar.. it's got a threadless fork that is cut pretty short so I have to find some mega riser stems.. I tried a 130mm 25 degree stem but it extends too far out and is a bit too low. I used a stem calculator and it looks like a 40 degree 130mm stem will raise it ~20mm and push the reach back ~25mm.. hopefully that will be enough. Threadless stems are lighter but I miss having the easy height adjustment. it doesn't help this frame is probably a little too small for me, though the top tube is actually slightly longer than I prefer. I don't know what was up with the 90s frames AND stems being super long..