Originally Posted by 12boy

One of the beauties of the Swift is you can put any kind of bars you like. You may have to get brake levers that work with V brakes unless you scrap the original brakes, though and find a shifter that will work with road bars. I wound up with ergo grips and cut down bar ends I twined with paracord and then shellacked. I hated the twist shifter because it took up too much room to use ergo grips and bar ends, so I took and old mtn bike shifter and filed down the stop inside to increase the movement, which, in turn, allowed me to friction shift the derailleur. I believe the headset is 1 1/8 and when it fails I will go with a sealed unit.