[jyl]

Medium guy, weak rider here . . . I'll be secretly pleased if I ever break that frame with my prodigious chicken legs.

Got some Athena 9 spd levers cheap, they will be cannibalized to fix the Record levers. I have bar-ends on my hybrid bike and definitely want to try brifters. I'm fighting old-fogey status here.

Found a source for the missing bits on the brakeset. Searching eBay for a few more bits. And researching wheel building. I think I should be able to do it, and it sounds kind of fun.