Originally Posted by
Abu Mahendra
the brifters i have in mind have both cables, brake and shifter, coming out from the back of the brighter and directly on the bar. so, it's not exactly like the image, sorry about that.
That sounds like a much better routing AND should look better too! Good luck. Will await updated pics.
I like the bike very much, overall, looks like a nice set-up for trekking/touring.

The front rack looks highly useful.