Thank you everybody, including Mr. Jive...
I will be using a 9 speed triple Ultegra FD, Ultegra 9 speed cranks with 48/36/26 TA chainrings, Ultegra triple shifters and the XTR RD...
The cassette will be a 12/26 for my regular routes and 11/34 for hillclimb races...
Thanks again for all the replies...
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