Flat Bar Road Bike Conversion

Shimano 3x10 flat bar shifters.

Flat bar road bike conversion.

Surly long haul trucker flat bar conversion. The conversion also includes going from downtube shifters to handlebar mounted mountain bike type trigger shifters. Flat bar long pull brake levers. The best and simplest way to understand a flat bar road bike is to think of a traditional road bike with flat handlebars in place of the drop down handlebars.

The conversion also includes going from downtube shifters to handlebar mounted mount. As a result flat bar road bikes are sportier than urban and hybrid bikes featuring quicker handling a lighter weight and gearing optimized for speed. I show how to convert a road bike from drop bars to flat bar handlebars. They re therefore not used for competitive racing but are popular with people who want the speed performance and technology offered by modern road bikes but don t like riding with dropdown handlebars.

It comes with long pull drop bar brake levers so here s what you ll need for a current 3x10 speed model. Flat bar road bikes are road bikes fitted with flat handlebars instead of the dropdown handlebars that are on more traditional road bikes.