Thanks Hill and above posters. Yeah, I see the trend.

My question simply remains why ?

Especially the "lower" end Campy, SRAM and Shimmy. Apex, Xenon/Centaur/Tiagra. Only people in Europe build their own bikes up with groupsets ???

My best bet looks like Microshift from Fleabay and Apex for a crankset from overseas or a rare Flea Bite offering that may come out on an evening rise. Brakes from Planet X no doubt.