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I changed over the bars, tightened the chainring bolts, fit a brake (sorry) and went for a ride:
Reality quickly set in. The seatpost is stuck fast, albeit at almost the right height for me. I tried a little skid, and felt something move that shouldn't have moved. The back wheel was making an odd noise.
I also wanted to fit a pair of Miche cranks I have on my Pompetamine, but the logistics of that were making it pretty difficult, as was the fact that I had left my crank extractor at my old flat when I moved out. I bought a £19.99 Aldi toolkit yesterday, but the crank extractor on that won't do splined cranks, and won't work with the splined crank adaptor from my old one which I still had.
I tried to remove the cranks without the extractor - first with the 'bang it with a hammer' method, and then with the 'ride it around till they fall off' method, both without success.
The rear wheel's bearings must be shot, because it's pretty noisy and there's a bit of resistance stopping the wheel moving freely.
And after a trip to Halfords (the LBS in my town, the infamous Dave Hinde, had no tools), the frame is currently upside down, with the seat tube filled with Coke, seeing if that will free it.