Originally Posted by
dschad
The only thing I need to figure out now is the shifters. I think I'd like them on the horns, probably rotating concentric to the bar-end plug (not a bar-end shifter (up/down)). This is going to require some development as I don't think there is anything off-the-shelf which will fit.
When I converted my mtn bike to drop bars I mounted the thumb shifters in the drops, oriented in the vertical plane. My fingers move the levers up and down. That has worked very well for me. Consider mounting your “thumbies” on the bar ends (horns) between the hb clamp and the curved section, under the horn. You ride with your hands on that straight section with your fingers hanging down so the thumb shifter lever is right there.