In case anyone was wondering, a decision has been made and the below is apparently arriving with one lucky spender in April. For all my reservations about the rationale behind this the result is actually quite appealing (though I would have chosen DA groupset any day). Hopefully he'll let me have a go.
I'm not sure if he did in the end or just ordered online. I also would have waited for DA or gone with 9100 rather than AXS, I'm really not a fan of that chainset...
In case anyone was wondering, a decision has been made and the below is apparently arriving with one lucky spender in April. For all my reservations about the rationale behind this the result is actually quite appealing (though I would have chosen DA groupset any day). Hopefully he'll let me have a go.