Well the end (of the first iteration) is almost here. I got most of the parts on the bike. Tomorrow I'm meeting up with someone (at a safe distance, etc.) so I can make sure everything is good to go before taking it for its first ride.

Unfortunately, by the time I got all the pieces on the frame, the sun was down, so I'll have to settle for this bad picture in my garage. I'll get a better pic tomorrow.

I can already tell that I will want a new crankset eventually and likely new shifters and brake levers, but for now, I think it will be rideable. As I've been building it up, I'm starting to more fully understand how you don't really finish a bike, you just keep tinkering with it. Hoping that the sizing is closer to that elusive fit that I've been chasing.