In the early to mid 90s as a teen I did a lot of drillium and cuttium (made this word up to match! but trimmed down standard saddles to match the cut-away profile of a Flite). This was done at home and in the CDT department in school. The groupset that was experimented on was Deore DX.
One vote for RC35 here. (As long as they are the chromed tubular brake arch version). Question is, are you going to make use of the Crud Catcher mounts? Another vote for that here!