Originally Posted by
crotch_rocket
Very nice! I unfortunately chucked my old cable guides when I did my bike into a fixed conversion. I know, dumb. I'm reconverting her into a normal road bike after moving down to Maryland (holy crap, hills!), so I was wondering if there was any new stock of that particular item?
And yes, I am definitely converting to downtube shifters, as I plan to use her for some club rides.
The heart-shaped clamp stop is part of the frame. If you took it off you would have had to GRIND it off. Here's photo (taken during paint stripping efforts) of the underside of the down tube.
The dual cable guide for the shifters is clamped to the down tube, just above the bottom bracket. Your LBS should be able to order it for you, even install it for a small labor cost.