If I may.........don't mean to hijack, really......

I have an old Bottecchia Giro D'Italia. I almost sold it because I thought it too big, but I swapped out the saddle.....for one with lower rails....and, well, it's "fits". Anyway, it came equipped with 1st gen. Cyclone set, but I'm leaning towards putting something a bit more "ornate" on it.......eventually repainting and putting some repro' decals on it. In looking for something ornate, I originally started out hunting down Campy stuff thereby notching up the classification to the "Professional" line. But, I read a lot of comments on the finicky nature of older Campy bits. So, the early Arabesque stuff caught my eye. I actually like how it looks better than the Campy of the era.....but, that's me. That aside, I wonder how well it performs comparatively to same era Campy. Cyclone is still primo in that dept. for me, but would any of you care to share some experience, if any? Please.....