Sorry I haven't posted in here in a while, production on this project hast kind of come to a halt for now unfortunately : /

I greatly appreciate all the feedback and ideas guys! So I have decided to powder coat this one, as mentioned above. I tried stripping the paint, and idk if Bridgestone just used really good paint, or the weathering effected it, but that paint is on there good! So eventually, will have it blasted and coated all read, and buying a decal set for it as well.

As for the fork, and steerer tube, I am simply doing one of those 1" threaded - 1 1/8" conversion stem adapters, not doing anything crazy there, the adapter is only like $20, so I'm gonna try it. And I will be sure not to get too much rise in my bars, thank you!

The Specialized crank did clean up nice, and I'm for sure keeping this, it's seems like a nice crank, and I like it, also has a specialized BB, but appears to have some generic headset.

And it is staying Rigid absolutely! Thanks again for all the input guys, like I said, it's on halt for now, had to buy a car, so after recovery from that I will resume this project and update accordingly