I think this is one of my hardest working bikes... it was a fixed gear and winter / messenger bike, 3 speed winter bike and rain bike, and now has 21 speeds and is a little more refined.

My Cascade has an Ishiwata quad butted tubeset and in '88 the Shasta came with an Ishiwata EX triple butted frame (much better than the '87 straight gauge frame).

The original group on the '88 Shasta was 6 speed Exage but has been upgraded to some vintage Deore (crank, DX rear derailleur, XT friction shifters) and am running some Suzue high flange hubs and Araya wheels that came off an earlier model Kuwahara that I have found to be very strong with hubs that roll like buttah.

I could go touring on this bike quite easily... all I would need to do is mount a set of low riders on the front fork and do plan to add some eyelets on the fork for this purpose... also plan on refinishing the frame over the winter after I do the little frame and fork modifications.