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@Rowhan
I was buying on a seriously tight budget back in Jan.
The cassette was £12 (cheapest I could find without going lower than tiagra) and the rest of the groupset came in just under £150. It's really done the job, got me through a difficult time getting my strength back but now Im strong enough and have enough money to start thinking of building up a really decent bike I wont be cutting the same corners.
Going from using a £60 wheelset to a £4-500 one is going to make an enormous difference as it is - I cant imagine what having a full mid-high end bike's going to feel like