Current Projects chat and miscellany

Woops, I meant to post in here, but clicked the wrong button and made a new thread. This is what I was trying to do:

I've recently arrived in Melbourne (skint!) after my travels; sailing around the Pacific. I've managed to find a job, full time as a mechanic at a really cool bike shop called bikeNOW, in South Melbourne.
I was given an old Raleigh mixte, because the front wheel had folded in half, and it was going to be more hassle than it was worth to sort out for the customer, so he ended up buying a new bike. It's hard to tell from the photo, but everything is very neglected. I love the frame though, so I've spent a little bit of time and money sorting things out, so my girlfriend has a bike to ride when she gets here (tomorrow!)
I haven't taken a photo of the finished article yet (but will tomorrow), but this is how it looked when I got it (that's a new front wheel in there, so I could ride it home):

This is Lea's bike now.
I cleaned the frame up, and removed some of the old decals, which were half peeled off already.
It has new wheels, new freewheel (going to use the original coaster brake wheel on my beater), new tyres, new handlebars, stripped and cleaned the crankset, new chain, new pedals, new seatpost, new saddle, new grips, New rear brake cable.

Just need to find a basket, and some new mudguards for it now.