Thanks for the opinion, your bike is absolutely beautiful! I'm thinking I won't bother with the media blast and powder coat for this bike as I don't want to spend a ton of cash on it unless the bike itself is a higher end bike to begin with. The Raleigh is what I was leaning towards aswell, I've been thinking about getting the apollo running again as cheaply as possible and then selling it to put towards the raleigh. Or I might just end up looking for another bike altogether. Have to wait and see. Thanks again!