I've been considering doing a build around the Dura-Ace 7900 group I have kicking around here, but I'm dead set on whatever I build being an English club-style bike with North Roads.

As such, not only do I have the problem of trying to find something from the recessed-brake era with fender eyelets (gotta have 'em!) and the right panache for the job, I also have to figure out shifters other than the stock brifters. Far as I know, DA-7900 is one of those 10 speed groups stuck with the unique shift ratio of 1.7 that's not shared by the MTB groups. To make it more complicated, I'm not a bar-end fan nor a thumbie fan.

I don't mind triggers, and I know I can get them on a North Road if the straight section is long enough. So far, I've run into Microshift's SL-R760-2 - presumably 10-speed Shimano road compatible: https://www.microshift.com/en/produc...60-2sl-r760-3/. They're OK, if a bit loud and bulky.


I'm curious if anyone else has chosen this route (and if so, how does it perform?), or if there's another alternative I've missed.

-Kurt