Originally Posted by Ratchet

Awesome, looks fun!
I am building a winter commuter, too, but my focus is probably a whole lot different... started with a steel '80s Trek 800, stripped it down, painted it with tri-color iridescent auto paint, we'll call it Dragonfly Green, including clear-coating it like a million times. Picked the wow! color for visibility, hopefully they'll see me before they hit me, but if not, I should be easy to find in a snowbank.
Designed some flourishes with Make the Cut! and cut them out with the vinyl cutter. Picked up some Deore XT rear v-brakes. Waiting for the front brakes (only Deore, because, believe it or not, they match better than the XTs), Yeti grips, and an Internally Geared Wheel that the LBS downtown is building for me. Still up in the air about the cable housing, but perhaps green brakes and black shifter. Nokian studded tyres waiting for the wheel to be finished...
Here's a pic for now: