Thanks Scrod, done, CT should be around 56.4-56.9 according to www.competitivecyclist.com.
Steel or Alu....not too hung up on either from what I've read as mostly riding hard-ish 20-30km round town but no track, not many long road rides and no real off-road either.
As someone else mentioned, I checked with the Leader distro here and the Renovatio here has front/rear brake holes COMPLETE BIKES | BROTURES ONLINE | **********????BROTURES**********???