Howdy,

I'm looking to race cross this fall and would like to build up a bike as cheap as possible. I have some old 8sp Dura Ace stuff not doing anything that would be perfect since they're already a little tired. I also have several sets of GP-4/Campy Record wheelsets and wheels manufacturing Shimano spacers too. Only thing i need would be some NOS 13-26 campy 8sp cassettes to make those wheels work. I also have a couple sets of Neuvation clincher wheelsets that will take Shimano 8/9/10 sp cassettes.

I also have a set of Chorus 8sp brifters that are almost brand new.

What works better for cross? Shimano or Campy?

What is a good cassette size for cross. NOS 8sp stuff is getting harder to find even on Ebay and the most common sizes are 12-23 or 12-25. I have an FSA 46/36 compact crank on the way (need it for a couple of extreme climbing centuries) and was wondering if i could get away with 36/23 on most Mid Atlantic area cross courses?

The idea here is to use as much stuff from my parts bins as possible.

Any help here is appriciated.