The VOs were the only set of cantilevers I could find that would cope - let's reserve judgement til it's all wired up and working! Here's a pic of the VO/650b I took when trialling out stuff.
Hopefully frame, racks and bars back from the powder coaters this week. Ordered the 650b tyres and found the SunTour stash, so we're ready to build... Would really like to find some SL XP20s though.
Progress report - in the LBS for headset and bottom bracket fitting. Lots of fitting/fettling/detailing remains now - racks to be aligned; Suntour MD front mech to be found/acquired; Suntour 8 speed version shifter to be found/acquired (7 speed fitted for now); lost one rear spring on the Velo Orange Zeste brakes - a spare is on its way from US of A; need a dynamo light too...