Here's the interesting thing about Miele - they're totally unknown outside of the GTA / southern Ontario, regardless of component group. As an empirical example of this, I picked up a Campy Athena-equipped 7-speed Columbus SL tubed model from e-bay... for $80. The bike was located in PA, and if I remember correctly, had no other bids. I broke that frame, but you get the idea. Toronto is the worst possible market to seek a Miele in, if that's what you're after. Hell, Jet is right - for $300 or so, you can do *much* better.