The easiest way to start seemed to be disassembling the brakes and gears along with the headset. I had the headset in my possession so while I gathered the rest of the parts, the big fix would be underway and ready for each logical next phase.
Off came the shifters, off came the brakes, off came the headset and blaze-on caps and hand grips. I foolishly started to disassemble the cabling from the shifters in case I needed it when I realized there was nothing to stay from the commuter implementation of my beloved Miyata.

If it didn’t come stock or it wasn’t made for a road bike, it would be an amicable separation. I get a little misty eyed when I have to part with my bike thingies, but I’m learnng to be more choosy. If it can separate clean and be used elsewhere either on one of my bikes or on someone else’s, that is the primary requirement.
I’m not an engineer just a human, although I do play one at my day job as a software engineer. Hence the :functional descriptions that keep pouring forth in this free association game that my mind plays, being human. At any rate, I soon commenced to removing the headset and fork …
It is a simple matter of removing a bolt and an endcap and a few spacers, keeping the parts in order so that the bike gets put back together the right way. While in that headset, I took the opportunity to clean and grease the bearings too. So smooth …
I dropped in the headset and fork, tightened the cap and verily was ready for brakes and tape and cabling, which would be arriving Sunday via Amazon’s speedy shipping. The SRAM brake levers were still installed on the drop bars and it on the headset, so I was happy and commenced to resuming the Game of Thrones binge that I started eàrlier in the month.