Beautiful bike. Make sure you lock it, even if you just run into the store for a moment. A friend of mine got to the grocery store, forgot his lock. Decided that his old bike was too ugly to worry about if he was really quick. Ran into the store, was in it less than 5 minutes and came out, the bike was gone. But, fortunately the thief abandoned it about 100 yards (or meters) away, probably because of the friction down tube shifters.
My community issues bike licenses for a small fee. I never bother to renew them, since enforcement is non-existent, but I always license a bike once so there is a record of ownership. Also, decades ago my dads bike was stolen, when it was recovered they contacted him because he had licensed it and when found they knew who to call. A friend of mine has a daughter whos bike was stolen, a few days later she saw it posted on Craigs list with a few modifications, she called the police but they would not do anything because she had no proof of ownership - the license would have served very well for that.
I do not know what is on the top tube, please elaborate?
You said you will be installing the light, my Nomad the threaded hole in the fork that my light is installed on was slightly aimed to one side and I could not get the light to aim perfectly straight. If that happens to you, I ended up using those spherical shaped washers like on brake pads to be able to aim the light better. I hope I am clear on the types of washers, I am not sure what their official name is if they have one. But if you have the same problem and have a spare brake pad holder, ...
I cut a front mudflap from the black plastic lid on the largest size Folgers coffee container. Attached it with two really short bolts and nuts.
If you are looking for a place to store extra spokes, I usually put them in the seatpost, but I use drop bars. Those handlebars you have look straight enough you could put the spokes inside the handlebar.
No bottle cage below? For touring I put a bottle down there, but for riding around home I store a tube, tools, saddle cover for rain and tire levers in a container that I leave in my lower cage.
I assume you know that you should grease the seatpost where it contacts the frame. That helps prevent dissimilar metal corrosion.
The best part of putting this time into it for assembly is that if you have a problem on a bike tour, you probably know exactly what you need to do to fix it. So, I am glad you put the effort in, it pays off in the end.
