Originally Posted by
Soody
I think it's nice. Worth upgrading
i'd get some ~50mm riser bars for one or some alt townie kind of bars
That was the first thing I did, mounted up some old chrome riser bars. I'm not sure how much, but probably a good 3 or 4 inches. 👍
I gave up on these brifters already, lol, they were obviously made during an experimental period, at the secret Shimano laboratory. 😉 The shifter pods are screwed onto the brake levers, by means of a weird little corner bracket, and 2 phillips-headed machine screws. Ditto the other screw that mounts them to the handlebars, but that phillips head was rounded out pretty good on both sides. I wasted a little time on them, then gave up, they're just not worth any trouble. 😒
I haven't looked up date codes yet, but those hubs say "87" below that crown logo, so it's probably an '87 or '88. At least, that's my guess for now.