The end state is a steel touring bike is a steel touring bike, unless you need/want some of newer mounts modern bikes have. I don't generally do old chit but there are benefits 7/8/9 speed era like cheap cassettes and chains and they're available everywhere. STI's/Ergo's don't do anything for me on a touring bike since I'd rather have the flexibility to use different wheels with different cassette brands and sizes but both systems at this point are bullet proof.
Last edited by Germany_chris; 10-14-20 at 01:07 AM.