Originally Posted by bOsscO
Thinking about changing my curved road handlebar over to a flat bar. Is it easy to switch up my 9-speed Shimano Tiagra FlightDeck brake levers and shifters (on my road bar) to something like 9-speed XT levers and shifters? I plan on only changing the handlebar components and leaving the deraileurs, cogset, calipers as is. I know Shimano makes road specific components for flat handle bars:
http://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cycl...=1156887899118
However, in Vancouver, mt.bike components are a dime-a-dozen and WAY less expensive. thoughts?
The Shimano "road" front derailluer requires a slightly different cable pull than the "mountain" FD shifter. Might work, I don't know, but it is slightly different than the road shifter. Also, mtb brake levers pull a different amount of cable than road brake calipers require-