Project Bike

[DebW]

I don't care for shifters on the stems, either. Did you go with bar end shifts or what did you end up with? I don't know much about road bike shifters. I have to change out the cables, anyway, so I might as well change the shifters in the process.

How many cogs on the freewheel? Finding new shifters with the correct indexing might be a challenge. You could go with friction shifters and give up the indexing, or look on eBay for the appropriate parts. Bar ends would do nicely on that bike. Clamp-on downtube shifters would be another option.