Originally Posted by
Camilo
So, my kind of 8 speed downtube shifters are accurately just called 8 speed indexed downtube shifters in layperson terms. Or did they have a name for them other than the model number you mentioned?
Pretty much. The shifters with the adjuster are Record, without the adjuster are Veloce. There were also friction shifters available, but they were just imaginatively called friction shifting levers.