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Originally Posted by
Ronsonic
Do you have any idea how good 8s Mirage was? The Mirage line throughout its history was just stupid good for the price.
I'm going o look into that.
Does anybody else have an opinion on Mirage?
A complete Mirage group shouldn't sent you back much more than $250-$300. I put a new black 3x9 group on a bike I built, the exchange rate was good, and I think the group was about $225, new Khamsin wheels were $117. Keep up with Loose Screws, Wheel & Sprocket, and PBK.
I'm with the "build it up" folks. Where you have Campy, keep, where you don't, get.
Then, slowly, over time, get the components to match.
I started my 2x8 Chorus group with wheels and cassette, Shimano 600 otherwise, not the smoothest shifting, but OK. Over time, I added what Chorus I could, Veloce until I could get Chorus. After about 18 months it was all Chorus, and I like it lots. The cost was offset by selling/trading out the Veloce and Shimano 600 stuff.