Arthur Caygill TIG welded road build

I have been wanting to get my hands on a quality 90s steel frame to add modern componentry to for quite some time now. I eventually decided to stick to my British roots and get over my lust for European frames and settle for an English frame. I haven't totally rescinded my love for Italian steel though - this Caygill is built from Columbus SLX "NEW" tubing. A compromise of sorts.

Anyway, this frame turned up and I had to have it. Neat TIG welding and vertical dropouts. I have dated the frame somewhere in the 90s. A confusing detail is the braze-on top tube cable guides more commonly found on frames from the 70s and 80s. After a bit of research I deduced that many British framebuilders retained braze ons over internally routed cabling due to Britain's poor wet weather. Water can collect in the internal route. This explains the older feature on a relatively modern steel frame.

Anyway.. here are some pictures. Poor quality Iphone pics for now. The fork on this bike really does it for me. Very elegant!

I am hoping to kit this frame out with the following equipment. I want to keep it subtle, refined, and classic looking.

Wheelset: Silver Mavic Open-Pros on Ambrosio Zenith polished hubs and gatorskins. Probably 32 spoked as I ride pretty heavily.

Groupset Silver Campag Veloce groupset, with the exception of the brakes, which I intend to swap out for a higher end Athena skeleton model.

Cockpit: So far undecided, any suggestions would be great!

Saddle: I'm leaning towards a brooks racing model to keep it nice and British.

This will be a fairly slow process as I want to get it right. Thanks for looking

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Here is a closer picture of the fork -

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nice frame and classic 90/s fork crown ! love steel forks.
internal t tube routing costs more. so maybe i can save on lugs too for my planned bespoke build
and consider the tig option. cheers

Ahhh, my old frame. Always wondered if i would ever see it again.

I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

Haha! nice. I love the idea of a steel frame going through multiple users in varying incarnations. How did the frame ride? Mine will be built pretty similar save for ergopower shifters. I am actually considering getting a respray too. Maybe some sort of sparkly blue.

Update - planning to remove the top tube braze on guides and have two cable stops fitted under the tube for a neater look. Then for a respray.

Can you not just get stepped ferrules to sit in the guides? Although possibly less neat, it would avoid messing with the frame and be a lot cheaper