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my cx bike has been re purposed for the last few months as a dad bike, but the low front end/drop bars is making it not very sociable or that comfortable to ride...
So two options, either i put short stem risers and convert it to a flat bar road bike or buy a cheap hybrid type thing..
i just tried a mock up but the rival brake levers wont clamp onto the moustache bars i have in the parts bin and they are not ergonomic for use either, so some money will need to be spent either way...
so, for the conversion, sram s Series shifter is the obvious bit, but not sure what i need to do about brakes as the sram versions seem super expensive, and a set of risers. but the negative of this hen means the conversion back to cx bike/winter bike is a bit of a no go..
hybrid wise, it needs rack mounts, mudguard mounts and hydro discs, there seems to be plenty about for a bout £300 on ebay, less so at a price point that competes with conversting the cx bike further...