[MENTION=109949]wrk101[/MENTION] - those are two beautiful bikes! Wow. Now, see, I love the horizontal top tube. My '92 Hard Rock has a horizontal top tube, but if I were to put drop bars on it I may as well take flying lessons, as I'd be really stretched out too far forward. That's why I bought the bike I did - because the top tube is perfect length. However it has a sloping top tube due to it's size. Ugh. So what crankset are you using there, and what stem? I love the look of the silver vintage triples like Suginos, etc.

Shimano will send me new, albeit, ugly black modern cranksets for warranty work. Likely Altus or Acera.

I have an opportunity to buy indexed Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters that might play nicely with the 7 speed. So excited about this build. I've been looking for a long time. I think the paint was a big contributing factor too. This bike's paint looks showroom and is really pretty two color fade. I can always upgrade components myself, but I don't know how to paint.....yet.