Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
With those braze-ons an IGH build would be pretty lame, in my opinion. Have you ever built an IGH hub up? Good lord, man. I know you save some weight by not having derailleurs and whatnot, but IGHs with more than 2-3 ratios are ungodly heavy.
I wouldn't fender it. I think I would change that headset for a silver one and then measure my brake reach with a 700c wheel, then see if it would fit
. I would also measure and see if 650b x 42 would fit. Then, I'd probably Shimergo it. Silver Veloce 10s brifters, Shimano 8s silver long cage RD and a nice compact double crankset. Unless the top tube on that bike is much shorter than your other bikes I wouldn't bother with mustache bars. If you've tried them and didn't like them, I doubt this is the frame that'll change your mind.
Cool frame, man!
OK - lots to respond to...the first thing is that headset is OUTTA THERE! I have a couple of nice campy headsets collecting dust...a NR and a pre-markings gran sport.
700c definitely fits and seems to be the original intention. PO had it built 700c with 32s. 650b might be an interesting choice - the only 650b I've ridden is the tandem, which I think rolls great over a variety of surfaces.
I'm definitely not going brifters...I don't want to re space it OR spend the cash. The TT is the same as most (56cm), but I have a dirt drop stem, quite short, I thought might be worth a try. With the bars sweeping back, wouldn't I want my normal TT position? I've never gotten the feel for how to set up mustache bars and haven't spent much time at it. I know that I don't like bar cons with drops, so mustache bars were an attempt to make it something that might work and DT shifting is out.