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Yeah that was my initial thinking. I'm just finding it hard to justify spending ~£70 on bar end shifters when the bike itself cost me half that. I do have some very similar mudguards on order too!
It's a cool bike, it's old, it's pretty much all there but it isn't particularly special/ high end. I can see this turning into a fairly rad pub bike.
I'm tempted to just install a silver, more classic looking quill stem and some bars, either wider flat bars or something sweepy and relaxed, this way I can use the original brake levers and shifters!
powleo-
I'm just finding it hard to justify spending ~£70 on bar end shifters when the bike itself cost me half that.
You can get 7/8/9/10 speed bar ends for £5-30 really cheap on eBay. Are you sticking on 6-speed or whatever or going up to more gears? Guess it's screw on free-wheel is it?
You could go for friction shift too
edit: sweet bike obviously. I think it looked pretty awesome black/black/black but crap spray paint isn't going to last long. Silver/silver/silver will look great too I'm sure
frankenbike
something like this?
(Re-post from functional bikes)
https://microcosm.app/out/iNfFh