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Am I crazy? is worth it? any better ideas? is this frame worth the investiment?
Were you riding it SS before? If so, do you like the way it rides? If not convert it back to SS and ride it first. If you do like it, then proceed.
In almost every case no frame is ever worth respraying. With this sort of frame it will add a tenner at most. Clean it, polish up with T-Cut, and wax.
First thing to check before spending any money is the brakes you have work with your wheels. My Dawes CX of a similar vintage has narrowly spaced canti bosses that makes it hard to find canti's that work. The rear is bodgeable. The front was a fucking nightmare and I switched the forks.
Scrapping the 7 speed is understandable as you have a narrower choice of parts. But anything 8 speed and up works well and has a good range. 9 speed Shimano is more or less cross compatible across mtb and road.
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A few weeks ago, after many years and alot of cycling/touring, and a final few hundred quid, I felt like I had finally finished my cross-check. So much so I decided to build a single speed as it was too good for the real world every day... and then the cross-check got stolen.
Which left me with this dawes galaxy single speed (which is now striped for some rust treatment in the mean time) I've since bought a second hand pinnacle for the good condition Shimano 105 R7000 groupset on it (why is it easier to buy an entire bike than buying groupsets?!)
So far I'm leaning towards getting it professionally repainted, and rebuilding with the 11speed 105 groupset. Am I crazy? is worth it? any better ideas? is this frame worth the investiment?
Dont tell me to make it a 3x7, after riding this 2x11, I will never go back... and I destroyed the crankset getting it off :)