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Initial thoughts
It rides great! Still feels heavy when going up slopes / carrying the bike up stairs, but not as noticeable when just cruising around town. Shifting is now nice and smooth, but bar end shifter location is a bit odd to me, often leaving my hand searching in mid air; I think I prefer downtube ones for now.
Work in backlog:
upgrade to 10 speed
I have a spare 10sp 11-32 cassette, but need some 7900 shifters/ mid-cage RD (I heard 9sp deore/xt stuff works great).
compact bars
My brother is complaining about the longer reach, and the classic shape of the nitto definitely didn't help
silver finishing
To complete the retro look, I already have a silver seatpost. Maybe crank arms and chainring can go the oven cleaner route? Fellow forum member seems to have great success...
When I locked up the bike, it reminded me what attracted me to the bike originally - the colour (I'm shallow like that). Why do modern bikes have such boring colour schemes? Perhaps I have an odd taste in colourful bikes?