Custom Stainless Road Bike

I think I'll regret it if I don't go for electronic shifting, even though it's completely unnecessary. So it'll either be Ultegra Di2, Ultegra or DA9000. Or maybe SRAM Red. But I have to admit I really, really like the new Shimano groups, especially the lever shapes - they feel great.

Test ride as many bicycle with different groupset, including Campagnolo until you're certain.

Still in two minds on disc brakes because really, this is a bike that won't get ridden in shitty weather. But at the same time, I don't believe there's such a thing as too much stopping power and I may as well have the frame specced for them whilst I can. The only thing then is finding an appropriate disc fork - I realise Enve would be the best option. But I wouldn't want the forks to limit other options such as tyre size.

The question is do you want to be an early adopter or not? prepared to spend even more money in the future for better and more reliable components? like the first quote, find and test ride disc-equipped bicycle, especially with the newer brakes such as the Tektro HY/RD.

To be honest - there are just so many options and I still haven't decided on anything for certain.

Giving the timescale, you should able to have a couple or so months to think about it and do some research yourself.