I did have the rear cold set. As for the bottle bosses, I don't think I'd ever have a frame repainted without doing that, regardless of my intentions for the components. I've found that the inability to carry two water bottles is the number one factor in my decision to not ride a bike I otherwise enjoy. I know there are ways to do that, but they're mostly ugly.

I also feel like a bike being resprayed shouldn't be too faithful to the original. I wouldn't want anyone down the road being unsure whether the bike was original or not. Not that there'd be a problem that way with this bike anytime soon.

I did ride it for about 100 miles before the repaint, and it was nice. Handling was nimble. I swear at times it felt like the frame was bending around turns. It wasn't the most "vertically compliant" bike I've ridden, but it left me with the strange impression that it always bounced forward when I hit a rough spot in the road. Obviously there's a lot of placebo effect there because I was quite taken with this bike even before the repaint. We'll see what I think now.