No, the Raleigh has friction stem shifters and is also only a 12-speed.

Blue Order - it does all make sense, but it's still pretty complicated to me! I will never be racing, but I would like to have indexed shifting and I would like to be able to do long distances. However, I also would prefer to have a little bit more of an upright position, not major, but I don't need to be extremely aero.

I think I could like any of these scenarios:

Drop bars (if raised a little higher) with brifters as first choice, but I believe I could do fine with bar ends which should be cheaper, right.

A flat bar or bar with a slight rise to it with grip or thumb shifters, but I would probably want to have some bar ends or aero bars or something for more hand positions.

Maybe some kind of trekking bar with whatever would work on that?

For gearing, I want a wide range cassette with triple chain ring.

It sure seems to me like this would all get too expensive to really do. I can see how it would be much simpler to be able to take the whole system off an existing bike. I have never looked at bikes with an eye toward just using the parts. Wouldn't the bike itself be pricey? Who made a crappy frame and used good components? That's the bike I want to find!!!