Fellas trying to reach those downtube shifters is going to kill you someday. Those were meant for little triangles, not big boy bikes.

My favorite so far is that Raleigh Marathon but the one that looks the most fun to ride is that Panasonic Sport Deluxe because of those bars and that trail.

I love my vintage components like the Superbe Pro shifters, Mavic SSC 8 speed indexing, etc. My newest 27" Cannondale ST400 has indexing Suntour alpha-3000. However, I'm not willing to try and reach the downtube stops, and I don't like bar-cons (Suntour) or bar-ends.

I love the solution Kelly came up with. If you don't know about 'em Kelly Take-Offs are perfect for C&V in my opinion. They mount the downtube shifters just inboard of the brake levers for "poor man's ERGO/STI." No more talking yourself out of shifting even when in a too high or too low cadence because it "isn't worth it." I think these make sense on every C&V bike, not just the Clydesdale stuff. Even cooler since they are steel you can get 'em powdercoated to match, even take 'em to a machinist to have 'em pantagraphed, or taken to a powder coater to match your bike!

http://www.kellybike.com/2nd_xtra_takeoff.html