Amateur racing bike

So this is the outcome of the conversation here, I've sort of gone high/low on various aspects so it's probably ended up somewhere in the middle.

Canyon Ultimate framesets (with conventional braking) weren't available until Feb '18 so I flipped and went for the Ribble Audax, it's quite appropriate in a way as it is the idea I'd had of what my road bike would be when I finally got it, and saved me £1400 into the bargain.

Saw no reason not to go all out and overspec it: Potenza for the lols and Magic wheels (Cosmic Pro Carbon) – found them for a good price at ACycles (who can be a bit unreliable judging by internet reviews but I had no problems) where they also had an offer on a Prologo Scratch - don't know why but this is the saddle I've always wanted - just an aesthetic thing I suppose.

That took me up to £1700 so I decided to budget on the rest. Found a -17deg Easton EA70 stem for that all-important zero rise, then Ritchey Comp bars (38cm) and seatpost - the bar/stem mismatch is annoying but I couldn't find the 17deg/38cm combination otherwise

Will be built up over the course of next week, white bartape obv. Might not get much riding for the next few months but I've always wanted to give road-racing a go and this will be the first geared skinny-tyred bike I've ever owned so my first chance to actually get into it!

Comments/flaming/photographic criticism welcomed :)

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Woah. 2 grand on a hundred quid frame?
You could have had a full carbon road weapon for that much second hand.
Well, enjoy anyway!

Well I mean, I only spent the price of the frame on the frame.. the rest went ..... on the other components........

Yeah I get that, I shouldn’t be so rude. I’m sure you’ll love it

Decent set of components that, would be easy to change to a fancier frame at some point in the future.

That was vm my line of thinking

Potenza for the lols

Excellent