[Closed] Does putting drops on a HYBRID make it

the extra distance forward drop bars will drag you quite a bit forward (presuming you don't try fitting a 40mm stem to 'compensate') so you may end up with the bike being too big for you. I believe road bikes have shorter top tubes to allow for drop bars. For eg (not an out and out road bike granted) Cotic Roadrats come in long and short versions to suit flat or drop bars

To work with drop bars you'd also need different brake/gear levers
IIRC (I know little on this) drop bar brake levers won't work with normal* V-brakes (assuming thats what you have) and assuming you have mtb/hybrid front/rear mechs then drop bar gear levers won't work with these either. Both to do with how much cable they pull. again, I don't really know this stuff so don't go quoting me

*perhaps mini V-brakes? (merely guessing here)

I'm going to say no, it doesn't.

But putting flats on a road bike does make it a hybrid.

Tob tube might be too long/not long enough, can't remember which way round it is!

TT seems long

Nope, as everyone else has said the TT will be too long. That is unless the TT is short in the first place, in which case you may be ok

As james mentioned, sticking drops on it would only make it longer and sticking a shorter stem to try and compensate might make the handling a bit odd I imagine. Give it a whirl, what's the worst that could happen? 🙂

i spend £100+ and waste it!!

i spend £100+ and waste it!!

Why £100? Just get some cheapy road bars and try the fit, stick a wanted on the classifieds or summink

its a road bike anyway - check the tyres. Offroad bikes have knobblies, road bikes don't

woody - bars need tape/shifters/brake levers etc

it is a significant spend, and then you may find a 40mm stem a bit WEIRD.

and then it would still just be a "hybrid" with drops i think. a road bike should be lighter built i think?

what are you after, a different bar position?
try mounting some stubby bar ends in between your controls and grips.

Looks wrong, but provides that comfortable "riding the hoods" position and you can still reach the brakes with your little finger

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if its sore hands, you could try ergo grips?

i have them on 3 of 4 bikes. Even on my patriot 😳

Also if it doesn't have 'oversize'* 31.8mm bars/stem you may well need another stem as mtb 'standard'* size is 25.4mm, whereas IIRC road 'standard'* is 26.0mm

*though it seems most half decent bikes have come with the bigger 31.8mm for some time now, maybe they should be called standard and undersize bars

I'm gonna put 2.0 tyres and discs on my hybrid, does that make it a 29er?

As Olly has asked what are you trying to achieve?

Considered Mary bars? I like the look of Titec Hellbent bars

Not looking like a nob on a hybrid on the road

drop bars will not help one bit, probably make it worse.

Putting road tyres on any bike turns it into a 'road' bike.

Putting fat off-road tyres on a hybrid magically turns it into a 29er.

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Not looking like a nob on the road

no point asking me

not looking like a nob on a hybrid on the road

Changing the bike wont help

Coming from beardy weirdy that is rich

Wow, what a retort, did you think of that yourself or did you get help?

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