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What it should have, by the end of this week when I have to take it back down to London, is Miche Primato Advanced cranks, my old 52t Token chainring, and a Campagnolo Veloce BB. I don't have the tool to fit the latter, so I might have to use a stopgap Shimano BB-UN53 that I have in the meantime.
In terms of paint, I am still undecided. The idea of leaving it raw is quite appealing, as it is a nice finish. It would definitely need some sort of clearcoat though.
The easiest solution might just be Armourtex - I was thinking either RAL 7016, Anthracite Grey:
http://www.sunflex.de/fileadmin/lightbox/RAL-7016.gif
Which is very similar to my road bike, but a shade darker.
Or a bright, almost hi-viz yellow:
http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/images/Product/medium/923.jpg
And then I remembered that I liked the colour of the car I hired for my holiday last week, which was called white ice cream, and is similar to RAL 9001:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rJ9K-m2lBjE/S865Gbf3F0I/AAAAAAAABQ8/ZEiQv6z87XY/s1600/RAL_9001_big.jpg
That would either look classy as fuck or just gash. Not sure.
The frame was originally red, but red is boring. Maybe I should get it done as awesome as charlesreza's 853 Donohue:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/rezanicholson/IMG_0436_zpse0dd797e.jpg