Converting the gear shifters of a road bike to a hybrid - help pls!

Mrs Jockey wanted to buy a bike for the first time in about 25 years, and despite my advice that a hybrid would be better for her as a returnee to cycling (in heavy traffic t0o), she decided a road bike was more her look.

2 minutes/1 hour into our tentative cycle training she admits that perhaps she'd be better on a more upright set-up, at least to begin with. Rather than return the bike for a hybrid (with a view that in time she might want to go full-road), I'd prefer to swap out the handlebars, gear shifters and brake levers for some more suitable for her ability. I've got the bars and grips things covered, BUT, which twist shifters would be best? Her current set up is a 2x7 speed. Are all twist shifters the same, or do I need to go for Shimano (her groupset is Shimano Tourney A070).

Cheers for any help!

Yeah get the thumb shifter that comes with brake

As above there should be plenty around

Cheers guys. For now, all the twist shifters I see are 3spd on the left shifter, and I wonder if this would be an issue with the front mech only being 2 spd?

I have one of these you can have for free - All I'd need is something to cover P&P

Shimano ST-EF50-8R

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Sweet. Forgive the roadie-noob question, but would that be compatible with a 7 speed set up?

You may find that the left hand shifters for this type will most likely be 3 Speed , this is not such an issue, when setting this up for a double chainset just set two positions e.g. 1 and 2

Pretty much all shimano 7/8 speed components are interchangeable. You can mix and match road with mtb. When using 8 speed with 7 speed cassettes you just have to set the limit on the derailleur and you'll end up with one dead click on the shifter.

I don’t know specific models but I remember quite a lot of SRAM twist shifters being lots of little clicksinstesd of 2 or 3 big clicks on the left hand/front shifter so could definitely be used with a double.

Cheers for all your help guys, very helpful :-)

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On the front derailleur you will have to adjust it on the stops because you will be using a road mech with MTB shifters which pull a different amount of cable. Make sure you get brake levers that are suitable for caliper brakes such as the Tiagra R550 - again MTB levers pull a different amount of cable to road levers.

Cheers for the tips. Fully expecting this to be a royal PITA, as I hate working with derailleurs. #deathbeforederailleurs etc. etc.