Building a Colnago Master X Light

So far I have the frame and I'm in the process of deciding the other components. My LBS says I really need to go with a Campy groupo because its Italian like the frame. What do you think ? Love to hear from others with a Master. What about hubs and wheels, head set and stem etc.

Anybody recognize this headset and stem ?

I'd pick the alloy Campy Athena package. It'd be perfecto. Of course, as a Campy user, I would say that.

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The stem is a 3TTT Mutant.not sure on the headset from the photo but it looks like a campy one.

My vote on the groupset is Centaur w/ alloy cranks over carbon.

Well, you don't "really need to go with a Campy groupo because its Italian like the frame" BECAUSE that kind of statement indirectly infers that all those Asian fabricated frames should have Asian sourced components & hence SHIMANO would be the preferred component group (okay, FULCRUM components are apparently manufactured in Asia, too ...).

Having said that, I agree that you should focus your choice on Campagnolo components.

Are you getting the frameset without components? If you are getting the bike AS PICTURED, then I probably would only change the things which needed to be changed ...

If those are 9-speed shifters (nothing wrong with that, BTW), then I might consider upating to the "2009" 10-speed Centaur shifters + a 10-speed new cassette ...

Which components you choose would be based on your budget & aesthetic sensibilities based on your preference for alloy or carbon fiber.

BTW. Since the headset appears to be a Campagnolo Chorus headset, I'm going to presume that the rest of the components are also Chorus -- is that right OR is the frameset basically bare?

Since I, personally, don't feel a need to match all the components, I would only change the crank if the length is different from what you prefer to use.

I think, even though that frame is still made, that it crys for downtube shifters. Campagnolo DT shifters, otherwise all else Campagnolo 10s 'stuff', it would be a marvelous ride.

But if ya gotta have lever mounted shifters, yes, Campagnolo. You wouldn't put Toyo tires on a Ferrari would ya?