I went through several rebuilds for my wife's bike including some "antler" setups (various forward hand positions with brake extensions), swept back uprights, etc. She didn't like any of them. She now has straight bars with grip shifters. I added bar-ends for an extra hand position. Shimano-compatible SRAMs will work fine (what I used). I aslo used the brakes with upturned lever extensions so they can be used from the bar-ends (jury is still out on that one).