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Is it 7 speed or 8?
What are the gear levers?
Will you go to 9 speed when you fit the STI brifters?
Are you going to use toe clips, to get the old geezer vibe?
Or you could get Look PP65, 1984, hugely historic. Hinault's choice. https://www.probikeshop.com/en/gb/static/look-the-story-of-an-iconic-brand.html https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255693876348?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_BhnH2RSRXW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=0PDdBtKRSKe&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Looks of that period used the Look Delta cleats, which didn't have any float. This can be hazardous to the knees. (Don't ask me how I know.) If you do many miles with them I recommend one of those clever fitting sessions where they measure the angle which your feet dangle at. IYSWIM. If your knees have to cope with your feet being locked at a slightly wrong angle, they can swell up and lock solid. Then you can't ride at all.
The Dura Ace Looks would do: PD-7401. 1987. Similar to the Look PP-75. They were Lance's choice. He used them long after they were superseded, because he thought them more secure. I had some but I can't find them. I think I may have sold them.