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@jonH
Hi 700x23
I bought a Kellogg's pro off ebay and I like it quite a lot!
The guy I bought it off had owned it for years and had upgraded to to 8x2 using ultegra 600 and 105 dt shifters and put some mavic cxp30 wheels on. The original weinmann calipers were still on and I replaced these with some dia-compe brs101 brakes. I had wanted to put some ultegra Hb5600 calipers or 105 5055 calipers which had spare on but the drop was just a mill or two too short. You may want to check the drop required on your frame before you buy any calipers!
Putting high end groupset and wheels on is fine by me as they can always be moved onto a better frame later on. I would say it is probably not worth putting too much money into the frame though so a cheap powder coat would probably do.
I did have some nice deep section carbon wheels on for a short while and it did look good and attracted quite a few positive comments from complete strangers anytime I stopped! So go for it put what you like on it and enjoy