Woo.. I finally get to join the club.

1985 and 1/2, Miyata Ridge Runner SE

Mostly 105 (1055 Drivetrain) brifters are 8 speed 105's

STX in the rear, some fat sealed hub in the front.. Guru rims.

There were a few issues with this build... thanks to Bill I already knew about the FD woes, but I got myself a set of other woes I hadn't expected. I opted to use a modernish Ultegra triple FD not realizing how terribly it would mesh with a 1055 crankset, my solution was this

With the limits set properly it seems alright, but only time will tell.

Taking out the stem mounted cablestop for the canti brakes left a gap and I had no tabbed washers left of the proper diameter, I ended up using a piece of threadless spacer not pretty but it gets the job done

This is a tri frame bag on it's side.. I think it worked out perfect.

I also found out I find cantilever brakes to be an abomination upon cyclists here you can see they were thrown aside in disgust in the end.

So far the cheap mini v's I bought do not disappoint!