I made a couple of changes on my Ochsner rebuild. I replaced the stem and handlebar with a vintage look quill stem, 80 mm x 180mm, and replaced the Nitto bars with a compact Soma Highway One. The saddle is a Performance Endure that is comfortable and fairly light weight. The cassette is now a 9 speed Sram 12/26 and the chain rings are now 130 BCD 50 T Vuelta and a Shimano 39 T inner. It shifts and operates with no issues. The 9 speed shortened the shift lever travel and sped up the shifting.

Cleaned and shined!

I am going to ride it a bit and see how it fits/feels. I will probably wind up lowering the stem/bar. Today I also cleaned and shined the whole bike. I am still considering brifters but I really like the bike as it is. I have 3 bikes with brifters and this one with DT levers. It takes a bit of getting used to changing between brifters and DT levers. Very comfortable and quiet ride.