Thanks Elev12k! Nice to hear someone has the bike, too. I haven't been able to find out much about it, as info seems sparse on Batavus road bikes (vs their urban utilitarian stuff they still make).

So with the Short Term Goals I have these issues/questions:

1) I have grip tape sitting at my house and I could wrap it over lunch, BUT the break cables could stand to be replaced, so it seems I would have to buy new grip take in the next few months whenever I was able to replace the cable/housing.

2) Can someone recommend a good, yet economic, white break cable/housing that would work with these Campy components? As this is my first road bike, I'm not sure what I'm looking at when I skim through JensonUSA.