I think he was talking about the bike in the top post, not the one [MENTION=401612]Soody[/MENTION] posted (love that electric lime green!)

Thanks for all the feedbacks, folks. I really appreciate it. I'll give this a go later today. Gotta swing by a friend's LBS to pull the ancient Shimano freewheel today - requires FW20 I don't have and I can't hotpot it or repack the hubs, it's the last major task on the bike. I figured I'd see if there are any thin alloy shims that might work there or maybe a replacement bar, but I'm still coming home armed with a Dr Pepper can just in case I figure I can re-sell the vintage bar on eBay for at least 50% more than I snatched it for.

Something really weird about this bike. I tore down the BB and we found two dead bees and a huge pile of what looked like very shriveled rice in the captive bearing rings and throughout the BB cavity. Not just a couple, more like a couple hundred pieces. I figured someone dumped some rice down the seat tube to soak up moisture until I got to repacking the headset last night, and found even more in there, again, stuck in the captive bearings. On closer inspection, it may be some kind of flower seeds?