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I'm thinking of building a geared bike and I can't think what I need. I was originally going to buy an off the peg Bianchi or similar for £700 but would prefer Campagnolo and so I then thought about getting a bike made up by ribble which works out costing just shy of £700 for a Mirage equipped bike with fairly standard components.
I'm now thinking about getting a steel frame and building the bike from their (I love the feel of steel)
If I'm building a bike from scratch I need to know all the components I need. I'm thinking about the little things too here like whether or not you get skewers with a set of wheels and brake & gear cables with a boxed groupset.
I'm thinking of getting a Xenon groupset, pretty cheap components and a Bob Jackson Audax Club frame.
Any advice would be great.