Thanks. Yes, it's coming on. I can't find your Ian Steel thread - is it on here? Copy and paste the url into a message to make finding it easier. BTW my avatar is a pic of me on my Ian Steel (about 1958 model I think) sometime in the mid sixties. Of course I was very young then...
The rims on the Mileater were very rusty so I've had some new alloy 27 x 1 1/4
ones laced to the original hubs - stainless steel spokes too. As to tyres - I've looked for new amberwall ones to complete the look, but they're fairly rare and some seem expensive to my niggardly taste. There are some "Raleigh" ones out there, quite cheap, made in the Far East, but suffering from not very good reviews. So I'm sticking with the black for now. They came with the bike and are not too worn.
I'm on the lookout too for some Bluemels guards - Clubman, All-rounder or Classique - but they're silly prices for vintage jobbies. Praps a wanted ad coming up...