Converting a drop bar bike to flat bars isn’t as straightforward as simply changing your handlebars. In most cases, you’ll also need to swap out shifters, brakes and callipers at a minimum.

There are a tonne of reasons why you’d want a flat bar road bike. Maybe it’s just something a bit different, maybe you don’t want drop bars, maybe it’s to make the bike feel more upright ...

Following that pedigree, the Skitch itself is available in a drop-bar gravel configuration, although a flat-bar city version is also on offer.

The new drop bar CUES products include U6000 series 11/10-speed shifters which pair with a new flat mount hydraulic disc brake calliper.