Sweet. Thanks for the help, guys. While I'm asking about the front end, how hard are quill stems supposed to be to get out? I just can't, it seems really stuck, and I remember reading somewhere that it's not a good idea to really wrestle with it, lest you bend/strip something.
I know there's nothing rare about a stuck stem in a 25-year-old bike...probably another something to bring to the LBS, eh?