Originally Posted by
dabac
How about starting with a cut down flat bar and then adding drop bar ends?
Might be easier to shim the drop bar brake levers - if needed - than to widen the thumb shifter clamp.
Failing that, I do see 22.2 mm drop bars occasionally.
I forgot to add that I have a bullhorn bar and she didn't like that option either - she would like drops for the 10% of the times she descends or is fighting a headwind/riding aero.
I have thought about a 22.2 drop bar - but it's hard to think about when I currently have a beautiful Cinelli stem/bar combo.
[MENTION=20548]JohnDThompson[/MENTION], she didn't mind STI, but they are not designed for small hands. It also is similar to her "No DT/bar end shifters" statement - it doesn't put the shifters where her hands are 90% of the time. I also tried to set up an old pair of Sachs Ergopower brifters but failed (replaced G-springs and
still can't get it to hold the 8th/lowest gear in the back
).
Trust me, this build is putting my skills (mechanical and marriage) to the test.