And then it was DONE!

(This a quick update - turns out the fiddling wasn't over, took the decals off)
On the 28th of Jan all the fiddling was over.  It's so utterly cool, and DELIGHTFUL to ride, BlueToo. Completely analogue, zero internal routing, zero hydraulics, zero electronics; all cable mechanical, a touring weapon that can be maintained and repaired anywhere with two Allen keys and a spare cable, but which can still hold its own on dirt roads with gravel bikes, and on tar with road bikes for a weekday run. Aside from the obvious, it is all carbon, titanium, and a smattering of stainless steel, running high volume tubeless.  It's completely bike-porn.  Stadium level cheering.

Ev helped me wrap the bars and then hopped on to check out his handiwork.

I'm hoping for a circumnavigation of Taiwan in September or October, and I'm hoping he'll come along.