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This looks like it's all coming together now, just waiting for the chain and rear mech to arrive - I was trying to get the mech cheap from eBay but people are will to pay way over the odds for used parts on there and I managed to miss the few I saw that went cheap, so I've just grabbed them from Merlin.
Absolutely mint condition Vuka base bars and TT500 levers arrived from @TheArchitect and I was given a steerer shim so the cockpit is pretty much set up. I'll probably get some Vuka risers to get the bars in a similar position to @Pifko above (I PM'd about some on the classifieds but haven't had replies to any of the last 3 messages I've sent on the forum; maybe I need to change my deodorant?!).
I think I've resurrected a pair of gummed up 6700 brake calipers and ran the cables for them on Saturday between bunch and driving down to Lancaster.
Last night I got to the gear cables - the front (I've decided on a front mech as there are a couple of hilly TTs I want to do) actually went pretty easily even though I hadn't ran a guide tube for it and had to do it from scratch. The rear was another matter entirely though; it took forever -it takes full length outers internally and it just didn't want to follow the inner through the frame. Eventually managed it by pulling the fork but it did kink the outer so we'll have to see if shifting is ok once the rear mech is cabled up.
tl:dr - it's coming along, more pics soon.