Originally Posted by
corn on the cog
Looks great scozim, nice build! And no greater stamp of approval than “brother loves it.” What was the thinking behind your component choices?
When my brother found out the bike was a 50 cm he was finally willing to trade for it and give me my 84 Peugeot PSV back. He really likes downtube shifter so I sourced a set of downtube 105's. I also got some 6500 brakes so it would stop well and then used a tri-color 600 rear derailleur so the indexing would work. Overall, it was more of a time crunch and to figure out what I could slap together quickly to get my bike back. It didn't hurt that my brother wanted downtube shifters. From a wheel perspective we used the wheelset he had on the Peugeot which already had a 7 spd Shimano set up.
The other driving factor was I can't stand the look of the Shimano brifters where the cable comes directly out the side. I was spoiled for years with my 97 Bianchi and Campy ergo shifters where the cables were tucked nicely under the bar tape for a much cleaner look.