Musing about cockpit and shifter modifications for the Roadeo

[Patrick Moore]

The Roadeo has the Ultegra R8000 group with the brifters mounted on 42 cm Cannondale anatomic bar, and as I confirmed on this morning’s 50+ mile ride, everything is very comfortable, even tho’ I generally dislike the bends on anatomic bars.

But man, it would be nice to have friction shifting, and that would also offer the opportunity to switch the anatomic bar to a Maes Parallel and the brifters to my long-loved BL R400 (or similar) brake levers.

So, questions: Does the Maes Parallel in a 40 (42 max but I prefer 40 c-c at hoods) come in black? If not, is there a very similar bar — long reach (115 mm) and shallow drop (125 mm) with a 31.8 mm clamp area that comes in black?

And are there BL R400 levers that come in black?

And are there bar end shifters (or other friction shifters, bar ends or not) that come in black?

I don’t want to do a complete rebuild with silver friction at this point, and the goal would be to keep the R8000 drivetrain except for brake levers and shifters, which I’d want bar and brake levers and shifters to match the black drivetrain, the black Paul seatpost, and the soon-to-come (God willing) black Velo Orange Grand Cru calipers.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

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[Ben Miller]

Crust branded Nitto Bonneville are pretty close to what you want, but are 460 mm at the ramps. Black comes in 31.8

https://crustbikes.com/collections/handlebars/products/nitto-x-crust-bonneville-bar

Or you could always just get the Maes Parallel and wrap them in black tape all the way to the stem and only have a sliver of silver showing. 

I don't think there are all black BL R400s. Maybe TRP levers? You can get those in all black. 

Microshift makes black bar end shifters. You can get an 11 spd specific one and switch between friction and index.