We have Shifter Woes progress!

Since being able to pick up a clamp-on Suntour unit--one that had standard-looking bosses that aped the normal/Campy standard, I was determined to make this work. The shaved portions of these bosses somehow are 0.1 to 0.15mm too thick for my shift levers. How and why, Suntour??? No big deal, since a few seconds of filing gave me the clearance and the fit was perfect. And by perfect I mean that these bosses are also less wide along their horizontal/main axis and allow for perhaps a touch of wiggle room compared to the more oblong Campy standard. Can't stop rolling my eyes here.



Next hurdle was getting these lever stops to fit on the band clamp. they needed a touch of chamfering to play nice with the stamped steel form around the bosses. Done and done.



And here we have the desired, final result! Finally! Very much looking forward to using these.



These derailleurs still need some cleaning and Mothers' polish, but they're in the queue.



I have some replacement brake pads to mount to these NGC calipers (from my '83 Cannondale ST). Pads here say "Gran Compe" and my replacements just say "Compe" a bunch. Anybody know or remember (like when these were new/newish) if the pad compound was different or better the higher one went up the model ladder? Or, after 40 years, it really doesn't matter?

At any rate, lots of disassembly, greasing of pivots, and polishing to do here, but they'll come out great. As always, there's some extra bit to do, and that is to find the cap for the cone nut...or just find a different style (but period correct) of cone nut, but a pair of them. This build remains cheap on components, but spendy on time invested. Oh well, so it goes!