Originally Posted by
swampyankee2
It is a Brooks, which makes it worth the asking price just for the saddle. LOL I've seen these with bar end shifters as well. I would modernize what needs to be fixed,and add some full fenders (those "bobbed" ones appear in period sales photos BTW). Whoe sells the correct fender for a bike like this. It would be 26 x ?? width?
i wouldn’t think 26... aren’t they 700c wheels?
And echoing those above, you can get lighter cranksets and more maintenance free bottom brackets for reasonably cheap (there’s a Campy that for some reason is cheap...like $10).
As far as the Simplex, as some have said, the rear derailleur is interesting but the front derailleur can be a “treat” as can those shifters.
Older SunTour would look at home with your build and are surprisingly not expensive...yet.
The fenders are better answered by someone else.
You can also get a decent non-safety lever as well...in fact most of us on here have a bundle of them in some parts drawer somewhere.
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