I already posted in another thread that I recently won a 74 Raleigh Pro on ebay. If you didn't see that you can read about it here.

Anyway, I'm looking for some opinions/idea's on how to build it up. First let me say, I still consider myself in the learning/beginning phase of working on and learning about vintage bikes. I've been doing it for about a year. Maybe I'll always feel like that. This is my first really nice top of the line (except for the team pro i guess) frame, and I want to build it up "right". Since "right" is so subjective from one person to the other, I'd like to get some ideas of how you all would go about it. Let me first say, this bike, as with any bike I build will get ridden. Probably not in inclement weather though as it will be babied. That said I want it to be comfy and I want it to perform well.

I will put good parts on it that will be purpose built for going fast like the frame was intended to do. No racks, or touring components, maybe not even any bottle cages, at least on the frame. I do already have a honey brooks pro that will go on it, that's the only thing i'm sure of.

I guess what I'm asking, is would you basically built it up as it came in '74 with what I believe would be all campy record stuff? Would you consider running 700c wheels or keep it 27? 6 speed freewheel?
Would it have come with sew ups, tubulars or clinchers? Would you consider it sacrilege to put brifters on it? What about aero brake levers?

I guess I can't decide if I want it to look like it just came from the factory in 74, customize it with some modern parts, or somewhere in between. All I do know is that whatever I do i'll probably be building from scratch as I don't feel I currently have any parts that are deserving enough to find themselves on this frame.

I don't know if I fall into the vintage restore camp, or vintage modified restore camp. I love the look of old bikes, but I always find myself changing the original configurations. I've really not been a fan of dt shifters because since I ride larger frames I have to lean down so far to shift them. I usually run bar ends or brifters. But I like the look of DT shifters on vintage bikes better...

All I know is I love the look of a factory 74 raleigh pro, I'm just not positive I want that setup on a bike I want to ride the heck out of. But I don't want to defile it either.

I'm so confused.

Sorry for rambling...