Great job with it!

You have some interesting stuff going on there... The Sugino AT and the Simplex FD with the logo on the cage... were those original? If so- that must be an early 85. The 85 was specced with a Sugino LP, and most of the Simplex FDs for the 85s that I've seen have a plain cage- But the 84s had the Sugino AT and the logo'd Simplexes. Otherwise, there's no real difference between the 84 and 85 720- Only the decals, crank and FD... they were all brazed in 84. Some had 2 eyelets on the dropouts and fork ends, most didn't.

I like a lot of your choices- until people have ridden on those TRP RRL levers- I can see someone saying they look ugly... but they're the best brake levers I've ever used. I like that you color matched the pedals and pegs with the frame colors!

As mentioned before- I'd want a more fancy-pants RD- but truth be told, that Altus is a really nice unit- as evidenced by your picture showing it in the granny and higher gear- with NO chain droop.

But if you want to upscale it- there's always the Dura Ace 7703:

620 Build Derailleurs by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr



I ended up taking off the bottle cage on the underside of the down tube- I kept kicking it and catching it on stuff- I didn't want to wreck the cage or possibly wreck the eyelets or frame.

If you're going to be using this in the rain- you may wish to choose a different seat post- While the SP-KC seatpost looks really cool, it will allow water into the seat tube where it will just sit. And corrode. I have one SP-KC in use right now- and I have the top packed with grease- I'll be swapping it out eventually.

Just out of curiosity- why did you change out the brakes? "Just because" (which is a good enough reason) or were there problems getting the stock brakes to line up on the 700c rims?