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@BassoBry
What started as a hunt for a Miyata 1000 turned into me scoring an '83 Univega Specialissima frame/fork off of eBay. Bascially a rebranded 1000, made in the same factory, with same tubeset (Tange Champion No.1.) The listing mentioned the non-original fork but I did some research and came to the conclusion that it was off a '90 Schwinn Voyageur. To me, it is superior to the original with mid level bosses (and 700c.) The frame itself is a 27", so I knew there was going to be some fiddling to get brakes to work with it but at least the more difficult end (fork) was 700c. Got the frame about a week or so later and immediately tried some Paul canti's. To my surprise, the backs set up very easily and felt solid from the get go. The fronts needed little filing of the slots to get the pads to line up well enough. Bikes are weird. Anyways, built the bike up that day and here we are.
I've since added a Flite.