I finally finished the rebuild on this 1997 Specialized Sirrus. It came with 3x7 RX100 brifters which I knew were going to be replaced when I bought the bike, I just didn't know with what.



I got everything else done but still hadn't determined a good solution for braking and shifting. So I decided to make use of what I already had laying around, just to get it on the road and see how it felt. I assumed it would be temporary, and it still may be, but for now this is the setup I landed on and I couldn't be happier. I'm going to ride it this way for the rest of the season and may end up keeping it this way. I actually love this setup.




I could have used downtube shifters that I also have kicking around, but with the more upright position of these Soma Oxford bars (Nitto Albatross clone) the placement of these stem shifters are extremely convenient. Naturally they shift great. Go ahead and roast me for using stem-mounted shifters, but in this case they're perfect. And I really like the multiple hand positions of the Soma Oxfords. The bike itself handles great, as I expected it would with the frame that it has.

By the way, I'd like to thank kansascity for the shifters. Last year he offered a box of stem shifters for just the cost of shipping, and I grabbed them for a "just in case" scenario. Hopefully he'll see this and be glad to know they were put to good use.