Originally Posted by dwellman

So a bit of empty nest syndrome (the ex is riding the Cannondale I finished recently) led me to purchase this bad boy here (sorry about the crappy indoor cell phone picture quality). So far the only changes I'm making is swapping out the HB-1050 freewheel based wheelset for a freehub based one and installing Shimano ST-1055 shifters (to keep it "Shimano 105").

but I want to appeal to the aesthetically minded among you:
1) I have a nice, unused BR-1055 lying around doing nothing. Should I replace the BR-1050 (single pivot) with the BR-1055 (dual pivot) or stick with the original brakeset?

2) What color bar tape: White was original (especially with the white brake hoods it had), thinking going with red. . . but white was traditional

Thanks