Wow! I appear to have started a verbal punch up.... sorry about that. Basically, I'm toying with the idea of building a road bike - mainly so I can pick my own components. As we all know this is the most expensive way to go, especially for an old IE like me (I prefer Impecunious Enthusiast to tight git.)
I'm fairly proficient at working on older bikes, but newer - last 20 years - bikes have a lot of innovations that I'm not familiar with, which is why I love this forum. I've also just bought "Zinn and the art of road bike maintenance". However, to research modern bike parts when I've been out of the loop for so long is not that easy. However much research you do there's always an important piece that you miss. Being in the UK leaves me with the feeling that we don't see a lot of stuff in our bike shops that you seem to have in the States - I may be wrong. But asking in a decent forum brings in a load of answers which gives me a chance to sort out what is suitable for me.
Which brings me neatly to ask about the Nokon adapters. I looked at several sites, including Nokon, but could only find references to cable sets. My LBS looked at me blankly when I mentioned them. Does anyone know of a site I can check out?
Thanks for all the advice offered.