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I'll get it fully built up and then have another look with both sets of tyres mounted and see which are sparking more joy, it is a good point that there's unlikely to be another bike that the grey tyres suit as well.
I've put the 70mm Hope stem and 31.8 riser bars and it definitely looks more balanced. So the plan is to chop the steel stem down to 80-90mm and braze on a 31.8 clamp and use that. I can then add a threaded boss to the underside to take a custom light bracket.
As much as some old school SIDs would look great I want to keep it simple with the rigid fork (and not spend any more!), and I'm planning to braze bottle bosses into the legs and use the bike for the Welsh Ride Thing in early May.