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amey
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After sticking my nose in a classified thread (something I seem to be pretty good at) I got a message off a friend / forum member and regular contributor to my buyer habits, suggesting I purchase a Campagnolo Chorus 11 Groupset he had for sale.
I've always steered clear of Campagnolo groups, mainly due to their Alpha Romeo reputation, and partly their fugly cranksets, let alone eye-watering expense....
However, with the advent of the 4-arm crank (which is BEAUTIFUL) and the glowing praise from a hell of a lot of club members who ride Campagnolo (the largest concentration I've ever come across) my curiosity was starting to get the better of me.
The all-black everything aesthetics really suit the theme most of my bikes follow, so, fuck it, I'm gonna give it a go.
The first hurdle was deciding on a frame from which to hang the group - my thoughts immediately turned to the Italian steel / aluminium / carbon of Colnago, Bianchi etc - but I need to be practical as I have it in my mind that this will be a jack of all trades build - easy to smash weekend club runs on, great for training, hardy for winter, comfortable enough to use every day if necessary, and as economically efficient as possible.
That kind of immediately puts Italian steel/Alu/DEFINITELY carbon out of the picture as its all overpriced, and far too fancy to not worry about. Plus it's got to be black. Obviously.
After some days of forum and eBay searches I grew tired and almost gave up on the whole thing. Until I found this.
Perfect.