Well, since this thread has popped up again i just want to mention another exception to the guidelines stated above. There was a Twelve Hundred model that was only produced for, I believe two years. It was built with triathlons in mind (sticker on chainstay shows a biker, swimmer, and runner). It was constructed of Miyata triple-butted splined steel, frame and fork. It had internal brake-cable routing and came equipped with the also short-lived Shimano Sante group. The group was white and fell in between 600 and Dura Ace in the line-up supposedly.