oh man, I am not going to respond. . . I am not going to respond. . .I am. . .ah screw it

why use old components? because this is the cranky & vintage forum and well, thats what we do.
I don't need 10 cogs to climb, my nuovo, super and corsa record derailleurs wrap enough chain
for me thank you very much. Now let me temper that with the fact that
I'm in Texas and round here we don't have huge hills. If we did my campy ergo 8 is fine, and if
I needed more I'd go with a compact crankset.
sure 105, or ultegra is good stuff, same with veloce and centaur but, for me thats not what I personally
want to put on a vintage bike, others may differ.

A solid statement of giving up the bling? what the hell is that?
tell me you ride fixed to train, to build spin or power, you'll get no arguement from me.
Tell me you ride fixed as a "statement", I'll probably mutter something about ok, hipsterism, and
wonder how riding a Cinelli is giving up bling.
If fixed is giving up the bling how does one justify a vanilla fixie?

C&V is about celebrating the "Bling" as you put it, go look at the classic and vintage rides.