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I think the window of being able to buy new, higher end stuff for rim brakes is narrowing.
I can't see the next gen of Di2 stuff offering a rim lever, and honestly I'd be surprised if whatever Campag offers next in the Record-ish type of space has a rim brake option. Obvs, there will be spares around for a fair bit longer, I think the lower tier stuff probably has a while left, and it wouldn't surprise me if a small industry grew up from guys making backwards compatible spares, but if if I had a beloved rim brake frame that I wanted to keep running in perpetuity with high quality kit, I'd stock up on a few spare bits and pieces over the next year.
I know there are a few guys on a US forum who've got several full spare DA or Record gruppos sitting around for precisely this purpose.
Ditto wheels as well, if you want carbon. And anything mechanical at above 105 level.
Slightly OT, but I was hoping to find 12sp Chorus heavily discounted in the Black Friday sales, and would have picked up a rim brake groupset if there had been.