Originally Posted by
Ray Dockrey
It looks like from the picture that the bike has v-brakes. If that is the case then a road brifter won't work without some type of travel agent to compensate for the different pull.
Well spotted, I was about to say that :-)
I'd like to suggest a combo of bar-end levers and tektro RL-520 brake levers, or siwching the v-brakes for mini-v or cantilever brakes.