Wotcher! It was Tom Board who tailored my frame for me in about 1990. Here is a snap, taken on the Millennium Bridge minutes before we encountered one another
The Bivio Disc Thru Axle is fabulous but even with a modest fitout using a Shimano group it's going on £4K, well over that if you opt for Campagnolo Ekar. Plus delivery to CH of course.
100% with you on this! I have the previous-series SS Evo HM with manual DA9000 group and SiSL cranks. Wheels are RS700 C30. Basically, completely vanilla. I don't futz around with it, just ride it. For that, it's perfect.
I'll take the gloves. PM