Flat bar CX madness...

[a4racer]

So, I'm chafing at owning 1 bike presently. I have a line on a neato CX canti rig locally, but want to run it with a flat bar (more accurately, a bull-moose bar) as, what I call a "grinder all-round super fun bike".

The bike is SRAM Force equipped, with Shimano CX cantis. What are my options for shifters / brakes on a bullmoose bar? I think SRAM mountain shifters pull the same ratio so I might be able to use those--how about brakes? Ooh, I'd love XTR V-levers...would those work? AVID ULTIMATE V-LEVERS? Holy cow, now I'm excited.

Also: am I crazy? (hint: probably).

[JAGI410]

You'll need short pull flat levers for canti use, long/v-levers if switching to V-brakes. Mountain parts are the way to go!

[p nut]

This has Paul written all over it.

Paul canti-levers and Thumbies.

[a4racer]

Do V-brakes mount on CX canti bosses the same they might on MTB canti bosses?

[p nut]

Do V-brakes mount on CX canti bosses the same they might on MTB canti bosses?

Yes, they can be used on the same.

[benb]

Yes as soon as you're getting rid of the brifters and going to the flat bar switch to Mountain bike V-brakes and matching mountain bike levers, much better power and modulation. Don't bother with mini-v's or cantis if you can run mtb levers.

[icepick_trotsky]

Do V-brakes mount on CX canti bosses the same they might on MTB canti bosses?

Yep, same exact bosses.