Do handlebars count as components!?!
My introduction to vintage bikes was saving a (late 50's/early 60's) Dawes Red Feather from the dump. It was these handlebars that stopped me just turning it into a generic fixie and actually researching more about the bike.
They would be on my list of elegant components.
Not my picture. Source https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...bars-292281771