unknown Raleigh road bike build

I discovered this forum a few years ago when contemplating whether to dabble into the world of fixed wheel riding! After a lot of reading I thought it about time I posted my project.

Originally I picked up the frame locally of ebay. It was cheap and about the right size so I though I'll build it up into a basic bike and see if it's a comfortable size and if fixed wheel is for me. I had a brooks saddle from another bike and with the addition of basic wheelset and a new bits and bobs off ebay (namely the sergio crankset) it turned out like this. I settled on a short (I think 103mm) bottom bracket to achieve a straight chainline.


After about 2 years of riding it like that I decided yesterday to strip in down and make it look presentable. I think the previous owner of the frame had tried to paint it himself and it wasn't the best finish and rust was starting to come through. So yesterday whilst it was raining outside I brought the frame indoors!

I sent the frame to a local powder coater and it should be back in a week. In the meantime I found these on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262283587109?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I've always fancied the brake levers where the cables come out of the top!

I got the frame back from the powder coaters. The finish is excellent and I'm really happy with the colour

so the build up starts

I filed flat around the bottom bracket and headset to remove the lip off the paint.

I need to wait for the handle bars, which I found on eBay, to arrive before I can do much more...

Here are the finished pictures

Looks great, how does it ride?