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Wonderful, thank you for posting. Your second bike is great, looks and sounds like a joy to ride.
Tell me more about the headtube. You need to switch our the lower headset cup to change steerers from trad to taper, right?
Cupcakes-
I think you just need this: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/hope-15-headset-reducer-crown-converter/
44mm HT for sure with integrated bearings like CAAD10. I'd go with grammy or fel paint matched forks.
amey
What do you want out of the bike? Fast paced training/racing, "gravel"/rain bike or something else?
I've had Rychtarski build me two very different frames, and the difference was big!
My first (now Amey's) was build like a do it all bike, but the geo with room for fenders and the general setup was just too "woobly" and felt very slow on paved roads. The long reach brakes was also a big let down, the braking was really not very good. But it felt great when i took it off road. (Full Max tubing, english BB, build with lugs and brazed 1 1/8 headtube)
The second one, that i ride now, is damn great! I choose to stiffen up the front and got a more race like geo with normal brakes. It still has room for 28mm, I ride it with 25mm with a lot of clearance. This build feels a lot better on the road and still handles gravel/forrest riding like it should. (Max rear and Spirit front, Columbus Fel fork, BB30, 44mm HT (can be used with both 1 1/8 and tapered forks), fully brazed)