Jez Nemeth
Retro Guru
Really good article that one thx mate - Thanks for info tooThank you. Much appreciated.
Lovely Hetchins, @Jez Nemeth ! Great paint job, too. Love that colour!
I have indeed built a number of tourers with Campagnolo Ergo brake shifters. Old (pre-2001) 9-speed shifters pull exactly the right amount of cable per click for a Shimano SIS rear mech to work with the 5.5mm spacing of 5 and 6-speed gear blocks. The left shifter is not indexed but uses a ratcheting system, and will work with any front changer that will cover the width of your chainset. I've had no problems shifting triples, like on this Roy Thame:
Here's a Gazelle I'm currently playing with. The touring version of the Champion Mondial. In this case I used 8-speed Ergo shifters, which also work with the so-called hubbub cable routing. A neat little trick to achieve the correct cable pull. Read all about it, and your other mix-and-match options here: A guide to rear shifting.
Now looking for some Ergo shifters -so what would be a good set up here rear mech particularly?
Front mech -Gran sport may be the upgrade route for that one.
Pretty sure it's a screw on cassette way out back -I'll check...