This is very interesting -- I wish I could click on the pictures to see higher-rez. All I can tell right now is that you upgraded from a desk and open boxes to a nice-looking shelf full of books. Were you able to buy (m)any of your parts used, or did you have to pay retail for all those that you list? (FYI, here's my experiment in
building "cheap").
When you ride one of those, does it feel like you're perched on stilts above tiny wheels, or if you close your eyes could you imagine it's a regular diamond-frame bike with 700C wheels and your hands close up on the flats?