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OK, sure! I would be glad of input.
I'd like to have a traditional light tourer, with a steel frameset.
The basics:
- flat top tube
- quill stem
- shifters on the downtube
- old-style brake hoods
- braze-ons for mudguards, rack, bottles
wheels:
- perhaps say https://www.ison-distribution.com/english/product.php?part=WHHAR6SF, or perhaps the version with hub dynamo on the front
- 25c tyres
transmission:
- compact chainset, say 50T/34T chainring (e.g. https://www.geneticbikes.com/shop/products/chainsets/cranks/clubman-crankset/) and an 11-28 eight/nine-speed cassette. I feel the crankset needs to look right.
- shifters - not bothered about indexing, but is it better to have clamp-on or bolt-on shifters?
the rest:
- handlebars perhaps https://www.geneticbikes.com/shop/products/handlebars/road/heritage-bars/
- calliper brakes, but not sure exactly what, or about the levers
- flat top tube
EvilDMP
I'm really happy to report that I just got off the phone with Steve Goff (after more than a year of intermittent attempts to reach him).
He sounded just like I would expect him to! And he was immediately likeable and sympathetic. So I am going to have a Steve Goff bike made for me.