Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
What do your rear dropouts look like? Are they horizontal so the rear axle can be shifted back and forth or are they vertical to hold the rear axle in one position?
What does the shift cable routing on your bike look like?
A mid 80s Olympic will be steel frame, horizontal drops, downtube shifters with over the bb cable routing. Like I said before, prime candidate.
Not that the cable routing is a huge issue. Sturmey Archer has cable clips and pulleys that let you route the cable any way you want.