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6pt
Starting this thread as a place I can hopefully get some advice and guidance on building this up as apposed to clogging up the main CP thread asking stupid questions.
First of all, the paint has seen better days, at some point it looks like the seat collar has been touched in with a brush and some emulsion. I'm undecided if i should build it up first and then get it painted at a later date or just go all out and send it off to be painted straight away. All these Talbots appearing on the forum with wishbones stays and rad fades has got me thinking.
Build wise I'm thinking all black parts and a modern groupset. This is with the assumption its 130 spaced and takes 700c wheels. I'm not on a massivly strict budget but at the same time I won't be spending loads. I have a few things in the garage that could come in usefull for the build (bars, stems, saddle etc).
I'll get some better pictures up once it arrives and hopefully a list of parts i'm thinking of, and then you can all tell me where I'm going wrong.
P.S.
I have never built a road bike, I have no idea what I'm doing.