Just stumbled across this thread. I've recently bought this bike from mountain rider, and noticed the "people who split it will be hunted down and tortured" line..
All of the parts are now sat in my shed, waiting to go on to a 16" Aqua frame. This frame is on it's way to Sweden on Tuesday.
Looking forward to the progress on your new build. You won't get tortured it was a eye catching bike.
Im sure the new build will look great, I was thinking of anodising the frame when I had it