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It's all in bits at the moment. Apart from the seat, I'm dithering over the crank - I'm waiting for Orangezippy to zing over some piccies of his 400's before deciding on those or his 401's and a chrome sugino spider. The 400's are bloody expensive (more than I wanted to pay for a crank, but I guess the right price for 400's) but I know I'll kick myself for buying the wrong ones if I have the option of getting the right ones.The other thing I'm dithering over is whether to rechrome the frame/bars or not. The chrome is pretty good - not rusty but not show. I've got new decals from Del ready for it as the headstock sticker is scratched and the Laserlite top tube is missing. With all the NOS parts, a rechrome should bring it to show bike standard or thereabouts.Once I stopped dithering, I need to relace my Arayas with the NOS Suntour hubs, Asahi spokes, Suntour freewheel and black nipples that arrived in the post today, get some tyres and a pad set and a seat and I'm done. Oh yes, it's got a Tech 4 lever until a decent Tech 3 comes up.I paid way over the odds for the frame and bars (especially the bars!!) and the wheels I bought from a member here had seized hubs and bent spokes (despite being described as spinning free and true!) and needed quite a bit of money spent on them so I reckon the total cost built with 400's will top £1600 whcih is about twice what I could have bought yours for........................live and learn!!