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Just a correction to my description above: the Shimano 600 'tricolor' groupset wasn't STI, of course, but it did use the SIS indexed shifting for its 7-speed downtube rear shifter. For clarity, it's the Shimano 6400 (otherwise known, a bit confusingly, as 600 Ultegra) groupset, to give it its...

And BTW this bike weighs in at 9.8kg including the Look Keo pedals. Not bad for a 35-year-old bike in a large (62cm) frame size!

I'm sure that influenced my choice of this bike at the time! I remember his '87 Tour win as a particular highlight. Incidentally, about 10 years ago I completely rebuilt the original wheels (Shimano 600 hubs, Mavic Mach 2 CD2 sprint rims) with Sapim double-butted stainless spokes. I'd got fed...

I realise this is an old thread, but I also am the proud owner of a 1989 Peugeot 753 Pro, 62cm frame with full Shimano 600 'tricolor' STI groupset. I bought it in 1989, second-hand, from a geezer in Watford who'd bought it new, ridden it twice and after a couple of months' ownership, decided...