Hi all,

I'm building up my classic Battaglin road frame and am running up against some issues, so hopefully I can get some help out here.
I've picked up a Dura Ace rear hub (126.5mm spacing) which has a Dura Ace 7 speed freewheel on it. From Sheldon brown's website, it looks like only Dura Ace7 speed downtube shifters will work with this freewheel- is that correct or can I use any Shimano SIS shifters (I prefer Indexing)? It's been tough to get the Dura Ace downtube shifters on Ebay, and if that is the case, then i'd probably like to remove the DA freewheel and replace it with a Shimano 600 freewheel, as there don;t appear to be the compatibility issues that there are with DA- though i'd really like to keep the DA, of course! Can somebody confirm if my understanding of the compatibility issues is correct?

thanks!
Bob