I stripped the bike today and clearcoated it and got it set up, there is still some work to be done, but it was together enough to notice that pedal strike should not be a problem... hopefully it will be finished tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing how it rides. A coworker had a 650 wheel and fork that he is letting me experiment with and if it works out I'm going to buy it from him, if not he may use it to make a bike polo bike or something. He said he was thinking of welding another fork to it and jamming it in some 1970s CIOCC frame he stumbled upon... last I talked to him he was cutting off the rear triangle so he could weld some BMX **** on there, it will be uber.