Originally Posted by
gt eunuch
I would love to put some down tube shifters on it, but have always been unsure if I could mount them since it does not have the braze-on mounts. ( it does however, have a little triangle 'knock' on the underside of the frame where the chrome cable mount is on the downtube ) Any advice on what to look for in these?....
If you have a stop brazed onto the downtube, likely it was intended to take a standard clamped-on DT shifter. (Modern bikes have brazed-on pivots instead of a clamp).
Look for
Suntour Power Shifters on eBay. These are probably the best shifters you can buy. (Except perhaps for Simplex Retrofrictions)