Originally Posted by
mountaindave
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.
Why do you mention bullhorns?
I wrote "DROP bar ends". As in these:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/handleba...ar-ends-black/. That'll give her drops. And drop bar brake levers. And it'll let you fit 22.2 mm thumb shifters easily.
All your functional requirements are there.
Maybe a little loss of aesthetics.
Still looks like a decent compromise to me.