Originally Posted by
3speedslow
@non-fixie
Those levers are the kind you build a bike for. Very elegant and well made! (...)
Yes! I was thinking the same thing. It'l be a long term project, though, as all the other bits will have to have a comparable level of elegance and simplicity for it to work. A while back a beautiful Raleigh touring bike with upright bars came up for sale: my size, navy blue with gold lining, built with Reynolds 753. That would have been perfect. There was just the small matter if its €1,600 price tag ...