Agh, someone beat me to it.

Gears are for people over 45, or at least that's what the sub-forum thingy says. I went with 50s. Hopefully they aren't too gaudy looking. They down tube is 48mm so the rims should blend well hopefully.

Next question is which rear hub.
The low flange Novatec hub at 217g (actually already in the mail because this is a tough to find hub and I'll use it eventually):
or visually one of my favorite track hubs of all time which is 290g. Found a guy with a few NOS for not too much (he has the blue, red, and silver in stock. Which color):
Can I even use the cane creek hub or does the rim need to be drilled with a smaller hole since the spoke flange is at the top?

No, you need the straight pull spokes with hex nuts that are specific to those hubs. The rims are the same as any other ones.

Yar I know that. I have a couple sources for the nipples, a bit expensive but not too hard to find. Just wasn't sure if the head of a spoke was large enough not to just pull through a normal sized rim hole.

The head of the spoke is just like a normal nipple. The difference is that instead of inserting the spokes through the hub flanges first and then threading them into the rim with nipples, you insert them into the rim first and then attach them to the hub with the hex nuts.

Should I trade my *very used* but just trued & tensioned Open Pros w/ bianchi sealed hubs +$50 for some new H+Son Archetypes with formula hubs?

I would do that.

where you find? i want haz.

Going to convert my Shogun to SS and make it my main commuter. All I really need is a single freewheel, real saddle, and a chainring (running Biopace at the moment), but I want to replace the ugly cockpit too. Should I go drops and be classy or risers and be townie? Probably going quill stem either way.

Thank goodness you're going with a quill stem . Class it up with some drops.

thinking about building up an all city nature boy

should I get the plain jane "612" frame or shell out the extra $ for the reynolds 853 version?

Just get shorter chainring bolts and go with one of the 2 chainrings from the Biopace setup (should be a 54/39 dealio) I converted my centrion to a 1x6 setup for commuting and its been perfect. Just ran the 39 chainring and chucked the front derailur/shifter -- just recently bumped the 39 up to a 42 to help get a little more range out of my setup..

It's 42/52. I would use them but I want to do it with no RD/tensioner so I can throw on a track wheel if I want, and Biopace on anything without some kind of tensioner gives me anxiety. It's a pretty negligible expense.

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you don't need a tensioner with a biopace if your chain line is decentand you keep an eye on tension once a while

Yeah, I know. I'm still buying a new chainring.

Gold housing and hydro lines?

Yes. Oh god this is gonna be nice.

EDIT: Is that seat severely bent or is just the angle of the pic?

Im gonna have to go with bent seat. It looks wonky

You guys've never seen a Thomson setback?

They're talking about the saddle, not the seatpost.

seat =/= seatpost

Your eyes be playin' tricks on you.

Well it's all straight, haha.