Nice low-low-budget ride! Looks alot like my bike.
I was able to move my downtube shifters up to become bar-ends but that was because I came across a set of bar-end shifters where one of the shifters was broken. Used the mounting parts and put on my downtube shifters - viola!
I'm looking for a seatpost like the one you have made. I've currently got the seat slid all the way forward. If you had a source for cheap, aluminum seatposts, you could probably fab them and sell them. I assume you were carfeul to make sure the saddle sits level and straight with your cuts/grinding/welding?
And yes, you will love passing people on that ride! Makes me so happy!
