There’s a hilarious video on Youtube demonstrating Dia-Compe’s official method for bar wrapping with wing shifters. Basically, “just keep going”.

These shifter mounts are far too bulky for that, so it’s a hard stop and restart.

Vintage Suntour downtube cable stops, just because.

CTB is a real good thing because this bike is heavy. Although a lot of said weight is in the wheels:

Double-walled 27-inch rims mounted with 27×1 3/8 tires. Heavy, but comfy.

Modern front derailleurs aren’t really designed for the “half-step” gearing this bike came with. The 46T middle ring has been swapped out for HB-03’s original 42T small ring.

These wide-stanced canti brakes are the first cantilevers I’ve used that can stop as viciously as V-brakes (but with better modulation). I now understand people calling canti brakes the best rim brakes.

I’m not sure what Ben Lawee spec’d that makes the Gran Turismo different from its cousin Miyata 610, but Univega didn’t put out garbage. Certainly nothing so unworthy it should be left outside and have paint drizzled on it.

This one’s back on the road.