Which road shifters will work with Shimano Deore (M)610 Groupset? I'd like to get the Shimano Deore 610 Groupset 3x10 but want to run drop handlebars with brifters (brakes &amp; shifters combined) but it seems like this is almost impossible...

I've been told by one support person from the online site I'm buying from that I can use 105 brifters and front deraileur and this might be compatible. I've been told by another support person to just go Tiagra 4703 but I really would prefer V-Brakes (descending the Alps), the lower gear ratios (climbing the Alps) and the €100 saving of the Deore.

I know I've got two issues, gear indexing and brake cable pull ratio but is there any brifters that will allow me to use Deore successfully without huge amounts of faff?

Thanks...
Unfortunately, you can't use 10-speed Shimano road brifters with 10-speed Dyna-Sys mountain bike drivetrains. They just have different cable pull ratios.

You're limited to a few options if you want to run drop bars with 10-speed Shimano:


Mount your existing MTB trigger shift on your drop bars. This means you have to take your hands off the hoods and drops to shift. 
Get 10-speed Dyna-Sys compatible thumb shifters from Microshift. You must take your hands off the hoods and drops to shift.  
Get 10-speed Dyna-Sys compatible bar end shifters from Microshift. You must shift from the drops. 
Get Gevanalle GX brake/shifter kit, you must shift from the hoods using indexed bar end shifters mounted on front of brake levers.
You could try road brifters and a long cage road derailleur with a 10-speed mountain cassette. Definitely unsupported by Shimano. May be limited to 11–32 cassette instead of 11–34 or 11–36. YMMV.


However, you can mix and match road and mountain components with most SRAM 10-speed drivetrains. So you could use something like force shifters with X9 derailleurs with less trouble.