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Welcome to the Varonha club!
Have some numbers written down, I found the easiest way was to copy (roughly) the geo of the bike I was most comfortable on at the time of going to see Winston, or get a proper bike fit first and take those numbers to Winston.
I fully endorse the use of canti/caliper/centre pull brakes, it's your frame you have to have what you want, besides how it functions, it has to look how you want it to, and if discs aren't your thing, don't have em. Well set up brakes with good cables and decent brake pads work fine. Currently I'm using Tektro long drop brake calipers, but these will get replaced with a set of Paul Racers, I got them cheap, but used good cables and pads, and they stop fine, but aesthetically they aren't right, I already knew this, and factored in that they would be the first thing to be upgraded. If you have the budget, get the things you want/like from the off.
Take Winston some pics of the kind of bike you're after, he's very knowledgeable and open to suggestions, but he's honest too, if summat won't work or he doesn't want to do it, he'll let you know. He's a lovely fella, which helps.
Good luck with it, will keep an eye out for future updates.
J
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Impossible...For this bike I'd rather have shit brakes than disc brakes