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@mcJ78
Always fancied the original 2014 Equilibrium Disc with the steel fork - so when a pretty much mint one popped up recently I took the plunge, build plan was going to be as cheap as possible to get rolling but I decided to slow down & do it right (ish) first time instead of constantly changing parts.
Will be used in the West of Scotland year round so frame internals got a blast with some spray wax stuff from Toolstation for £3.50, nozzle is compatible with the straws from WD40 etc so you can get it right into the breather holes, will be better than nothing at least - balls to paying £20 for framesaver!
A mate sorted me out with some old (to him, not me...) Aksiums with 140mm rotors so they'll do nicely on the wheel front, picked up some Thomson bits & had some Deda RHM02 bars spare so they're going on too - would have preferred a polished black finish but I wont lose sleep over it. I probably will though.
Next addition will be a pair of Spyre SLC, because shiny, once i've put them back together - they all tend to come pretty dry from the factory so it's worth an hour of fannying about to strip & grease them up good every now & again as once the tiny thrust bearing race starts to rust up it's a pain to get smooth again - the 3 bearings on the cam assembly are apparently 3mm so these can be replaced if need be but dunno how easy the other one would be to replace...