Thanks for the flow of responses.

I was also thinking of going with the compact gearing on front. That is what I did with my mid-90's Merckx, which is the bike I usually ride. I just finished converting the stem on it, though the stem is a little short as it was one I had in the box it is close. I probably will go 1 cm longer. This one had the correct spacing so didn't require cold-setting the rear triangle. These wheels are 32 hole and seem to be good. Being a bigger guy (200#) I like more spokes.



On the saddle height, I have a 94cm inseam measurement, so really long legs and then a short torso as I'm only 6'1" so bike fit has always been a problem. :-) So in the old days I would stretch out and was good with more drop. You can see how crazy my bikes look in these pictures.

The problem I have the the Super Record group is I purchased the parts over time so the brake calipers the last generation and don't match age with the derailleur a crank. I would probably sell the wheels and I wouldn't have a bike that would use them. I have two sets, one sew-up and one clincher both 36 hole. I know I had talked about going compact on the gearing but wondered is you can get chain rings to make the original SR crank work with 10 speed?