Originally Posted by
bres dad
Another possible area for concern. Since I'm going to be switching to brifters, cable stops will be needed. This bike is older than others I've converted using brifters and uses a bracket instead of braize on shifter mounts. I found this on vintage-trek.com. Could this be a game changer?
Refurbish or Upgrade Old Steel Road Bicycles bikes, refurbishing, upgrading
A caution - some downtube clamp-on shifter bosses made for friction shifting, that may be on your lower to mid-level Trek bike, are not compatible with standard shifters that fit on brazed-on bosses. Downtube cable stops also will not fit on these nonstandard types of clamp-on bosses.
If the clamp-on lever bosses aren't compatible with the most common downtube cable guides for STI, just switch to a model of clamp on boss that is. They are all over ebay. Or it might even be simpler and you can find a clamp on set of cable guides and skip the bosses underneath the guides altogether.