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Oh! Stem mounted shifters are sexy too. To be honest, I don't mind downtube shifters at all, or friction shifting. It's a small bike, It's got nobbly bits anyway, I don't have far to lean down, and I kinda like the feeling of intuition you get with friction shifting, getting good at it feels like getting to know your bike. chg chg chg click.
Cheers for clarifying on the rear derailleur, I needed to know that.
I've had to buy new handlebars since the ones I bought have a stupid rare clamp diameter (23.8mm). As such, I've installed a pretty standard quill stem I got off a mate.
I'm focusing on brakes at the moment. I've measured the drop at 50mm, however I'm not too sure about the mavic 4cd rim on the back because it has a very shallow and high braking surface. After some research, I've decided that a pair of Shimano 105 1055 calipers with either Weinimann flat bar levers or a pair of those flatbar shimano levers for caliper brakes would be ideal.