Originally Posted by
LoriRose
I'm looking to modify an old steel mtb for touring and am wondering what my options are for handlebars. I'm used to flatbars with thumb shifters and though my original intent was to have dropbars I absolutely loathe bar end shifters. What kind of bars will accommodate thumb shifters? What are some creative ways to avoid bar end shifters?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
If your conversion will accommodate a drop bar (your top tube isn't too long), you are not restricted to bar end shifters. You can always go with one of these shifter combos from Genevalle that look like brifters with a thumb shifter combo
Shifters | Product Categories | Gevenalle
That said, I have probably the same amount of hand positions on a trekking bar as I do a drop...just lack the getting out of the wind level with the way my trekking bars have to be mounted.