Thanks for the information, folks!

I’ll be going for the slow and steady build I think, so before I strap up a nice SR handlebar with the brooks tape and all that, I’ll go for the basic controls:

- Sakae droppers on

- temporary RX100 levers that I have lying around (hopefully they’ll work well enough for now)
Later moving to some centre pulls I think - Tips welcome!

- bar end shifters, maybe see what’s going around second hand, or failing that some new set up. TBC.

- all on top of any old quill stem that I have lying around

i also have some Shimano arabesque stuff that I need to utilise... so that could be a go