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In case anyone's interested, I finally overcame the power of inertia and ordered the Pompetamine frame today.
Rest of the spec' is still a work in progress, but provisionally I'm looking at something like:
Frame: Pompetamine
Wheels: Kinesis CX
Disc Forks: Kinesis DC37
Brakes: Avid Elixir 5
Headset: Cane Creek S3
Stem: Ritchie Pro 4
Seatpost: Tifosi Carbon
Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon Supreme
Tubes: Conti Light Road:
Chain: SRAM PC7
Bars: Crank Bros Cobalt 3 XC
Pedals: Da Bomb Bare Bones
Saddle: Fizik Aliante Gamma XM
As I feared, my original budget is rapidly slipping out the window, but it should be an awesome ride. I'll post a final spec and pictures once I get that far.
Many many thanks to all for the deluge of suggestions, pointers, tips, advice etc. It was all extremely helpful. If anyone wants to chime in on spec, they're more than welcome to. Much of the stuff on there is the result of about 2 seconds internet research, and there may well be better/lighter/cheaper alternatives I'm, not aware of.
Thanks again.
Jules