Originally Posted by Panther3468

It does appear you are (possibly/probably) correct, as all the rest of the components match up with what's on the bike, but that still doesn't explain one thing - the bar wraps, or "soft sleeves", as they're listed on the spec sheet...or, to be more specific, that they have what appears to be factory-cut openings for the shifter cables running along the bottom side of the bars, from the shifters, just to the point where the bars start to curve upward. Again, I am NOT saying I am right, & you are wrong...I'm only questioning/curious as to why, if the bike originally came with downtube-mounted shifters, why would the original (and, according to the spec sheet, they are the originals) "soft sleeves" have factory-cut holes for bar-end shifters?