Trekking / Butterfly Bars

martinojones

I'm interested in fitting butterfly / trekking bars insted of Drops as on my Jamis Aurora. However my drops have Dual Control STI levers which I dont think would really work well on Trekking Bars, though I have seen them fitted.
Does anyone know what are my options for using possibly Shimano Dual control levers as Delor xt. Also the Jamis is a ten speed bike will I need to convert the Bike to a 9 spped cassette as well.
Any advice in this matter would be welcome.
Thanks
Andy

tardington

It sounds pretty fiddly. I think if you ditch your dual controls you could use mtb-style gear levers? And maybe switch to Vbrakes as well.


Also other tourers will assume you're dutch or german.

martinojones

what are the compatability problems associated with switching brake types?

tardington

Roughly, road-style levers go with canti brakes, and mountain bike levers with V-brakes (or disc brakes) - it's to do with how far you pull the levers, as far as I can tell.

But - I have a tricross, and it has road brake levers, and V-brakes! It has the safetly levers as well though...

tardington

Aha, was trawling my email archives.

My sister converted her cannondale classic touring to butterfly bars. She's fitted mtb style brakes and gear levers to the butterflybars - specifically on the end of the bars, so they are quite close to the central axis of the bike. I'm squinting at the pics, and it looks like it's got V-brakes on - I know it started with cantis!

Hope that helps.

martinojones

Its all helping.
I know mine is fitted with Canilever Brakes at the moment. So switching to V Brakes shouldnt be too much of an issue. Its just not knowing what to go for. or the best options.