Cannondale H300 / Dadbike

Thanks!

from a rider‘s perspective the light is perfectly aligned with the outline of the tyre

Bar-end shifters would likely make more sense than thumbshifters on drops. Looks better than 8sp STI as well IMO.

I’ve stripped off stock parts of a ‘94 Cannondale t700 I’m rebuilding, let me know if you need anything. Has 7-8sp bar ends, lx drivetrain, Dia Compe 986 Cantis/ Dia compe ‘canti-specific’ levers for drop bars.
Here’s a pic from when I got it:

Wow the frame looks flawless... i chose the fucked up frame for anti-theft-purposes

also like the vetta saddle a lot

Does the bar end shifter have the correct pull ratio for the deore drivetrain?

Would be an option - how do you cable route those things?

Brake lavers also look good but i really hate cantis

Probably worth mentioning - you can get v-brake compatible dropbar levers: You don’t have to go canti!

Bar end shifter cables are routed externally. If it were me? I’d go with a bar end shifter that had an option to go friction as well as indexed: And I’d use friction over indexed too - I did a 1x9/1x10 build last summer and used a friction thumbie - brilliant, low-tech/no hassle, solution!

Nice bike btw : )

It was, it suffers a bit being locked up at the University daily.

It would work, yes.
SL-BS50 or SL-BS64 is what you need for 8sp.
SL-BS77 is 9sp, all of these have a friction mode, which is handy I guess.
You can route the housing externally or under the bar tape, letting it exit at the first curve or on the top. Whichever would work better for you with the rack. You might need an inline barrel adjuster with the longer gear housing though.
As Vilms5000 noted, tektro rl520 is a drop bar lever meant for v-brakes.
Gevenalle mod tektro levers to accept a thumbshifter/bar-con.

They're rather pricey new, but do occasionally turn up used. You would need one based on the rl520.
There's also a printable 3d model of the shifter mount floating around if you're inclined to DIY.

Oh, and there's also the slightly cheaper, if still spendy, IRD mount.

I used bar ends with Tektro levers and XT v brakes on my M400 ( before it got nicked.....) no worries at all and bar ends are really easy to use imo

phwoar... those Genevalle shifters. Am now staring down a rabbithole of needless spending : /

rather pricey

Let's call them ridiculously overpriced.

I think the pricing is OK for a (partially) USA manufactured and assembled product.
IIRC the bushings and finishing is better than usual Tektro.
The hoods are still crappy, as the supplied microshift shifters.

OP, I think those flat bars look fine, and maybe fit the frame/build better than drops.
I Imagine a 0-degree black cr-mo stem would tie it all together nicely.

Surprised this wasn't posted here before:

Or you could go with Ghetto shift .

E.g. SJS sells that shifter really cheap. I have that one (9 speed version) in my GF bike and it works fairly ok.

Or you could go with Ghetto shift .

OR nothing. DEFINITELY do this!

Thanks for all your input on the bar/shifter topic

I will put that aside for now as i am going to do my first tour tomorrow along with three fully packed ortliebs

I have in the meantime fiddled the light cables through the two racks which worked quite well and the lights worked well, too. Then i moved the bike and for some reason i cannot understand, the lights stopped working so i will need to use my headlamp/battery lamp for tomorrows tour

Detail pics below

Cheers everyone

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Nice inspo (except for the front light mount)

I Imagine a 0-degree black cr-mo stem would tie it all together nicely.

Good idea, i think i have a spare one kicking around - will check the riding position after my tour!

Couple impressions

With that route the studded tyres were sometimes very helpful even without snow (slippery when wet)

Apart from some minor RD and saddle adjustments (and not working lights) it worked very well

Cheers

Couple impressions

With that route the studded tyres were sometimes very helpful even without snow (slippery when wet)

Apart from some minor RD and saddle adjustments (and not working lights) it worked very well

Cheers

Couple impressions

With that route the studded tyres were sometimes very helpful even without snow (slippery when wet)

Apart from some minor RD and saddle adjustments (and not working lights) it worked very well

Cheers

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