Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
Did they originally come with stem shifters? If so, this throws my "conventional wisdom" about Reynolds 531 tubed framesets, out the window!
I don't think I've seen a photo of another with stem shifters. They are the same enormous levers my Supercourse has as down tube shifters.
Tugrul, I can possibly help you out for parts if you want to try to flip it. Let me know what you might need and I'll dig around and send you a box.
I've thought about what to do with it, and I'm not sure if there is a market for it if I make it functional, but don't take steps to deal with the frame's condition.
And whatever "restoration" I do to the frame limits the market in one way or the other.
I figure it is best to send the frame out into the world as is and let the next owner have a blank canvas.
If it were my size, I've been drooling over this:
