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Just read through the thread as well, excellent stuff and I really like the new/old mish mash on the Trek, very much my cup of tea.
I have a very similarly set up bike as the Raleigh - surely the joy of the the friction shifter for front mech is no need for indexing, therefore no need for barrel adjusters?
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Made some progress on the Raleigh royal this morning, thanks in part to helpful people on the mechanics and fixing thread. Found a stem which will go in past the min insertion point, so I'm less worried about it being road worthy. Also tried out some jtek thumbie adapter things to use with the bar end shifters that originally came with the bike. Annoyingly I didn't realize they don't come with barrel adjusters, I managed to harvest one from an old derailleur but need another one for the left thumbie. I think it looks great with these shifters and a proper quill stem, but will wait and see if my partner is happy with this setup...
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