When's the mash ready? Bike party at Lurker's house once the Pin is done...
" I have a pair of the proper vintage campy downtube shifters. They don't work! I finally gave up and put on a pair of simplex retrofrictions,"
Willey E. Coyote, you are a genius! I am, not surprisingly, in full concurence with you on this sentiment.
"After being on this forum for a month+ or so, I'm feelin real guilty about letting all my bikes become such mongrels."
Nothing like a Frankenbike... I've got a Gitane up for a rebuild sure to offend all purists anywhere... I say enjoy them and ride them!