Originally Posted by halocon
i don't want to spend more than 50 bucks to change em tho.
I don't think that's a realistic budget for this change. Your best bet would be to find a set of used RX100 levers but I suspect they may be hard to find and I can't get excited about used ones anyway. To use 9-speed levers you would also have to get a new cassette and chain and maybe a new front deailleur too. So that's going to cost significantly more for all those additional components.