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Yeah, chemicals would have been the way to go for a nicer paint. Let's see how the spray will last and when/if I'll have to repaint. Anyway, the frame will now have to wait a while for good deals on rest of the components & time to assemble.
During the evenings of the week I've also had time to finish a project. This is very much a parts bin build, plan sort of materialised when I saw the JTEK bar end shifter for sale a few weeks ago.
I've had a set of Alfine 8 wheels for years and years left over from an old Trek Zektor B. Alfine 8 works really nice, but if I recall, bearing surfaces are quite pitted which leads to a bit of noise when freewheeling. The frameset I got last summer, originally planned to build it as a winter bike but ended up not having time. Frame has seen plenty of action based on the condition, the chainstays have also been repaired at some point.
I think the bike turned out pretty nice, altough it's quite ratty on closer inspection. A very comfortable, soft ride with the Brooks seat and 45 mm Pirellis.