Cool, thanks for the advice! What do you guys think about tires? I have a secret wish to go with white tires, which seems a little frivolous. AEO, I'm definitely hoping to get a Brooks seat -eventually-... but right now it'd be a huge chunk of my budget. Dedhead, I also heard good things about Kool Stop pads. My fiance's Surly has Tektro brakes and he's happy with them, but I've been advised to swap out the pads for Kool Stops. Cheers to finding the Reynold's frame by the way -- supposedly, a handful of the 70's-era Puchs like mine had 531 Reynold's tubing but I don't think I've gotten that lucky. The frame's surprisingly light, though.

The things I'm most confused about are seat posts, headsets, stems... can you really cut down on weight a lot by buying these components brad-new, or should I be scrounging around in the basement of my favorite used bike store?