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despite the calamity of the topic the missus have made, here's the finished build;
Pretty ugly, but it does the job exactly, was given the blue Fizik bar tape for free, so might as well use it (originally going to have black Fizik).
still need to cut the steerer down a bit once I got the position dialled nicely, I find those Modolo brake levers pretty comfortable, my Father used to have it on his old Peugeot PX-10, imaging my surprise when I saw a pair of the same one going for cheap on ebay.
rode it around Wimbledon, this is what I had to says about it, stiff in the right place, but still comfortable to ride, lots easier to ride too, carbon fork made steel fork feel somewhat spongy while cornering.
It's a lots lighter than my old bike, but I gather that down to the carbon fork and the cockpit really, the frame is only 100g lighter than a 631 tubing frame.