Brother All Day - LEJOG machine?

My “indestructible” beater decided to not be so indestructible.
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/381907/

So my enthusiasm for riding ancient bikes of unknown provenance has diminished.
Looked around for similar replacement options - a horizontal dropout frame that will take reasonably wide tyres and guards when winter comes and found the Brother All Day. Even better was that @snottyotter could help me source one and I’m now on my way to buying the first new bike or frame nice I was a teenager.
And since realising that this is the first time I’ve bought new, I figured I should probably just build the bike that I want, rather than build yet another “cobbled together from bits” shit show that all my other bikes have been (this doesn’t include my muddy fox https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/379221/ because my mate did all the work).

Inspo is basically my old bike, and the example bike on the brother page, lol.
Will be running 38 or 35c depending on how the fit looks when I have the frame. And I'm going to leave off guards for the time being. It's ended up being planned to be a bit nicer than initially imagined so it may well not get as much wet winter riding as my last bike.

Also stealing this @ltc quote from @jontea ‘s CP thread

too nice for a commuter but if I'm riding something for 10+ hours a week I want it to be fun.

This is a good ethos.

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Frame:

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Ritchey Classic headset:

Edit: @jontea comes in clutch with the Cane Creek Forty in silver!

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After searching high and low, and with guidance again from @snottyotter , I finally managed to hunt down what appear to be some of the only silver, 32h, rim brake, tubeless compatible, wide (19mm internal) rims available, these BORG22 (rebadged Kinlin XR22T). Which will be laced to some Phil Wood high flange track hubs that inexplicably turned up in a local bike recycling place for a decent price.
The front hub is annoyingly missing it's bolts, but they were easily replaced with readily available m8 x 1.25 x 40mm shoulder bolts. Less easily replaced were the proprietary axle washers which were £24 posted from velodrome shop. Gonna autosol the hubs and hopefully bring back some shine. And then I have a spare 126mm rear hub to shift as the price for all 3 was only £20 more than the price for just the front and the 120mm rear!

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Cockpit is going to be mostly Ritchey Classic. Evocurve bars in 38cm silver, C220 stem 80mm silver, and probably some Tektro RL340 levers as I can't get hold of silver sram s500s. Suggestions on a postcard for nice black bartape?

Edit: Tektro RL340 have been banished. TRP or SRAM s500 new front runners.

Edit2: sram s500 in silver have been found!

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Cranks will be SRAM Omniums and Sugino ring, with chris king BB courtesy of @ojwithbits
Will be 49x19 for a comfy 70GI to help me over the hills.

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Tyres wise looking at either 35 or 38c gravel king semi slicks with tan walls, depending on what the fit is like.

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Brakes, much to @snottyotter 's chagrin, will be Dia Compe DC980 - was considering something swisher, but the budget has run away a bit and these look nice and perform well enough for me. Will be upgraded with better pads for sure.

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Same flite off my last bike, attached to a Ritchey Classic seatpost.

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Initially wanted the Paul Funky Monkey cable hanger, but again budget has knocked that down the Dia Compe version for the front. Will Stick with Nitto on the back.

Edit:
@crow come in clutch with the Paul!

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KMC K1SL Chain in silver. And that's about all she wrote for now. Will be nice once this isn't just pictures off the internet!

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Well that's quite an upgrade from the previous bike! I would only advise, having owned both products, to upgrade the Tektro levers with some silver TRP RRL silver/black ones if you can find them at a decent price.

TRP RRL levers come in silver. Do yourself a favour and skip the tektros

Snap

Sram S500 with black blades will look absolutely fine and feel nicer imho.

Cane Creek 40 in silver is a nicer headset.

And 49*19 is not an easy hill-compatible gearing. 47*20 is better.

All in my opinion of course. But based on direct experience.

Nice, I'm just about to start an Allday build myself, but black with rim brakes, dynamo lights, VO integrated stem and guards to be a commuter machine.

I finally managed to hunt down what appear to be some of the only silver, 32h, rim brake, tubeless compatible, wide (19mm internal) rims available, these BORG22 (rebadged Kinlin XR22T).

I get mine from Spa Cycles, black, but its so minimal colour with the silver brake track.

Another vote for sram levers in black/ trp rrl.

Also : Vittoria grav grav rather than gravel kings

65 gear inches ftw

(48:19 I think)

So those Tektro levers are off the list then! Glad I made the thread. I guess it might be worth just getting the SRAM s500, even in all black and can always strip them if they're particularly offensive aesthetically.

Can't find those, why better than GK semi slick? This is for cutting around on the road btw. I just wanted a commuter with nice phat comfy tyres lol.

As for 65 GI, I can swap the 19 for a 20t and get 66.75GI while running 35c, so I'll see how it feels on 49-19 first.

Cane Creek 40 in silver is a nicer headset.

Was the initial choice but can't find one. There's an inch one on ebay for cheap but can't see 1 1/8 anywhere.

I may be able to help with a CC 40 in silver!
Bnib

Really liked this all black build from Japan, almost tempted me to put Vs instead of cantis on ;)
https://www.crumbworks.jp/post/bikecheck%EF%BC%9Abrothercycles-allday

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