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@Spotter, As pointed out, the bike mainly does duty as my training bike for TTs and Tris so I'm used to the forward position (especially since none of my races are UCI governed so I can flout any regulations about saddle position retaliative to the BB). Initially I actually spent a while trying to get a close match of my TT position on this bike (something which Mr Tester kindly advised on over in the TT thread), but that proved impossible given the frame/components so the result is my muddled attempt at a compromise that is comfortable and seems to work for me. That said I've never had a coach look at my position on this bike so I don't really know.
@Tester, you're right an inline post would be better but the Ritchey is what I had, and right now I can't afford to buy more stuff where I already have something sufficient (if not ideal). As it is, almost everything (bar the wheels which I already owned) were effectively NOS and heavily discounted. I don't think the whole caboodle cost more than £400 excl. wheels.
The branding puzzles me too, because so far as I can tell Concorde don't exist any more. The frame was NOS from Colnago Costa on here but he didn't know much more about it. The closest I can find is Wiggle's Kiron Mistral frame. Still, as for the branding I think I quite like it.
I don't think you can remove the wheel stickers but IMO plain black is always best. PX now do an unbranded line but I've had these wheels a while and I'm not about to buy a new set just to lose the stickers.
I'm a bit mixed on the hoods too, maybe black would have been better, but I like the blue - it doesn't quite match the blue on the frame but a bit of use will darken them up a bit. Plus I think blue will look better if/when I swap to white tape for summer. Whatever, the current blue is definitely better than the ripped yellow ones that they came with.