Originally Posted by
Wes_in_va
I’m building a 1988 Alan cross frame up and I’m going with a mostly period correct theme. I thought I was going to use modern brake levers but now that I’ve roughed the build together I just can’t.
In the '80s, competitors often used older components mixed with the most modern ones. Eg. Sean Kelly competed with old style pedals with toe clips in the early '90s.
My ars poetic: if possible a complete set from the frame production time. Older parts, as I wrote above, can still be ideologized. Newer? Hmm ... It is certainly more practical to use than the older ones.