So I recently bought this 1984 Miyata Terra Runner, which besides needing a new FW, chain, and some cables and tubes, is in outstanding shape. Just hauled the BB out, and the grease is just like the day it came out of the factory.



However it came from a German lady, I'm pretty sure they bought it in Germany, as the brakes were reversed (right was front), Suntour thumbies mounted to stem, reflectors look upside down, and it is equipped with a swiss made bottle dynamo and german lights. Anyway, I'm striping it down now for a rebuild and cleaning. Swapping out the crappy RD and thumbies for nicer/newer Suntour XC Pro stuff from early 90's (NOS). The PO had the wire for the front light zip tied and taped to the DT and then hot glued along the inside of the rear fender. Same for the rear, hot glued all the way down the rear fender.

I'm wondering, is there a better way to do this? Is it blasphemy to consider drilling tiny holes in the frame for cable routing?

Explain to me how you've routed your lighting systems!

I'm also thinking about swapping out the bulbs for some of these http://www.reflectalite.com/LEDpage.html. I saw something on here a while back about LED conversions, this seems to be a much easier way to go about getting more bang for your buck from a bottle generator. Anyone use these before?