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> I reckon I've found it. As discussed earlier I've decided I need my
> first road bike but don't want anything too race-like. So here, is
> what I'm looking at now:
>
> http://www.tifosi-cycles.co.uk/frames/ck7.html
>
> Not knowing anything about Shimano vs Campag etc, what wheels and
> finishing kit should I be thinking of?
The Veloce is a perfectly good groupset, and the bits are compatible
with the better Campag groupsets so if you did later want to upgrade it
would be easy. I don't understand why they're charging so much more for
the triple than the double. If you're on a budget I would think the
double would be a better buy, and if you're not I would tend to go for
the Centaur double rather than the Veloce triple (indeed _I_ definitely
would, since a Centaur double is exactly what I've got on my good road
bike). Chorus is nicer but by the time you get that high up the scale
you're definitely into the area of diminishing returns - it isn't
*that* much nicer. I would not pay more for Shimano 105 than for Campag
Veloce.
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