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@Dammit
For reasons detailed in the cross thread I need to shift some parts and replace them.
The replacement parts are going to cost me ~£500.
I'm going from cabled to electronic, so there is no halfway house here- therefore no single component will be available until everything is gone, or I've hit £500 - whichever comes first.
First up, Retroshift CVX2, 2x10, Shimano, for linear pull brakes - I'm using them with Avid BB7 MTB brakes and they are everything the road version should be but aren't.
They look like this:
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1e/cc/6c/1ecc6c5ef335b04491061a7da7e7d889.jpg
And work brilliantly - the only reason I am changing is that whilst they are fantastic to use from the hoods you can't really change in the drops, which isn't a huge deal unless you are racing, which is pretty much the only use my CX bike gets.
These are €199 here, although they say that they are 9 speed whereas mine are 10.
I'd like £100.
SRAM XX 11 - 32 cassette - this is a thing of beauty, machined out of one block of steel it's lighter than my Dura Ace 7900 11-25.
http://montenbaik.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/xx-cassette-2.jpg
Originally £315(!) I've found one on Chainreaction for £170, I'd like £120.
Given a clean both shifters and cassette would probably pass for new, they're not- they're lightly used.
Right, off to find a further £280's worth of bits, which will appear shortly.