Today I headed down to Boston to help out my buddy -- brought a shimano front brake caliper, Tektro lever, hooked him up. This for his work bike.
While there, also grooved on his geared bike with the Franken-drivetrain I put together: was a Jamis with Shimano 2300 8sp drivetrain; now still 8sp, but SunRace microshift 8sp shifting, original chain and cassette, Dura Ace 9sp long cage rear der, orig 2300 front der, Ultegra Arabesque fluted cranks, current model 105 10sp chainrings... Works better than it has any right to...