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@Bewley
I have been slowly putting this together, and with a little help from the LBS its finally rideable. The frame is a 62cm 1994 Basso Astra, columbus ELOS tubing, bought from classifieds.
I'll change the bars for something silver, stem for something longer and saddle for something flatter, but other than that, I'm really happy. It rides great - very smooth, and likes to go fast. Can be a bit twitchy at the front, but I've been a croix de fer since last autumn, so it will seem a bit skittish after that.
There were a couple of issues like the derailleur hanger needed straightening, and the bit of the fork where the crown race sits needed filing, but other than it was quite a straight forward build.
A note for anyone considering Ambrosio Zenith hubs - they are really nice, but the skewers that mine came with weren't strong enough to hold the back wheel in the horizontal dropouts. I replaced it with an older internal cam skewer, and it was fine.