I'm new to this forum and fairly new to cycling in general so please excuse my lack of knowledge. I've been wanting to buy a road bike for a while so we went to Halfords (first mistake!!!) to look for a bike for christmas. I had a budget of £350 and had my eyes set on a Carrera Virtuoso. The guy in the store managed to persuade me to buy a Carrera Gryphon instead (very similar just with flat bars) as he seemed to think it would be better for my use and a better way to get me into cycling as drop-down bars can be hard to get used to. I've already purchased the bike so I can't change that now but I'm having second thoughts about the flat bars and I wondering if I could switch the flat bars to drop-down road bike bars. I've heard this is very expensive to do as you have to change the shifters. Would I have to get new shifters etc. if I chose to keep the gears and brakes on the top of the bars as this is the riding position I will probably use most?
Thanks in advance.
Billy.
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Integrated shift-brake levers are great but they are a recent invention. People got along without them for a long time. However, you would have to make sure you chose a bar with the correct diameter to clamp your shifters to, and you may need a new stem. I am not sure of all the myriad variations in bar diameter, and it varies where you clamp it to the stem as well as where the shifters attach.
If you have a threadless stem, try flipping it. You will get a lower position for your flat bar. However, read up on how it's done because if you leave the star nut too loose, you will soon ruin the bearings which the fork turns on. Try parktool.com.
I think you want to invest in drop bar brake levers, though, or you won't be able to stop from the drops.
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