I am putting drop bars on one of my MTB Shimano 10 speed 1x Deore. I am looking for a road hydro shift lever I will be putting road drop bars on one of my mtb's for this coming winter as a project that has Shimano 10 speed 1x Deore.
My goal is to &quot;simply&quot; have road shift levers and hydraulic brakes with good shifting and braking performance.
Here is my setup can some tech cyclist help me figure out my cheapest options? All the different leverage ratios for 10 speed across mountain and road (and now GRX) gets quite confusing. I would like to stay 10sp.
Thanks !!!
Here is the bike and I have 5 other (1 road, 2 gravel, 2 other fs mtb's currently built up with too many frames to count) so this is going to be my only e-bike:
https://www.marinbikes.com/bikes/20-nail-trail-e1
Current Setup:

SHIFT LEVER: Shimano Deore 10sp
DERAILLEUR REAR: Shimano Deore Shadow Plus 10-Speed
CASSETTE: SunRace 10-Speed, 11-46T (I would like to be able to have that large of a cassette still)
BRAKES: Shimano BR-MT201 Hydraulic Disc, 203mm Rotor
The only road shifter compatible with a Shimano 10 mountain RD is the Microshift BS-M10.
If you went BS-M10 you could use TRP Hylex brakes to stay hydro.
A number of bikes have been released with those exact components with Shimano 1x10 or 2x10 mountain drivetrains. It works fine if you're amenable to bar ends.
Other than the above, to get 1x10 with brifters and hydro and re-use your RD, all the options are seriously contrived, like buying the 1x11 hydro GRX STIs only to also buy a Jtek for them. Apex 1ing the bike will be cheaper.