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Thank you James, appreciate your comments.
I am in no hurry and will take your advice to research thoroughly any components I feel will 'fit' the project. Sheldon's site is huge, and a fantastic resource.
I do expect to make some mistakes but that's half the fun I guess.
I'm heavily tempted by one of these frame building courses. I have a couple of steel made to measure bikes and was fascinated by the dynamics behind the geometries which differ greatly, one being a tourer and the other a race machine.
I don't know how far this whole project will take me.
I guess I'm rather anal about quality - ex avionics technician, so used to military grade and now in surgical sales, so again quality is king. I guess it's in my make-up. I'm very much of the thought-school 'buy cheap, pay twice'. I get the frame being contrary to that but there is good reason - the whole episode is a study. The frame/s are merely a conduit. It will be upgraded, but only when it's served it's purpose.