Campagnolo vintage
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As long as it is Ultrashift (which old Centaur is) then it is fine and completely serviceable.
I'd go second hand rather than current Veloce. The hood design issue is probably a personal thing. I believe the current design is slightly shorter so can be better for those who need to minimise reach.
There's lots of ways you could do this. Eg you'd probably be quite happy with a new Veloce groupset married to the second hand Centaur shifters you linked to. You might be able to sell the Veloces for most of the likely cost of the Centaurs. That way you get the multi downshift and serviceability of the old levers without having to scratch around on Ebay for every last component. Not that there is anything wrong with that approach and it should be cheaper if you are patient! What is the BB on the frame? If square taper then you'll probably want to source an old crankset anyway.
I'd go second hand rather than current Veloce. The hood design issue is probably a personal thing. I believe the current design is slightly shorter so can be better for those who need to minimise reach.
There's lots of ways you could do this. Eg you'd probably be quite happy with a new Veloce groupset married to the second hand Centaur shifters you linked to. You might be able to sell the Veloces for most of the likely cost of the Centaurs. That way you get the multi downshift and serviceability of the old levers without having to scratch around on Ebay for every last component. Not that there is anything wrong with that approach and it should be cheaper if you are patient! What is the BB on the frame? If square taper then you'll probably want to source an old crankset anyway.
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Personally, I'd look for early-mid noughties ones in all polished alloy plus a square taper chainset. The only tricky part would be the shifters. I bought some second hand Centaur carbon ultrahifts on here with a known fault for about £70 and spent the same having the fault corrected and them both serviced. I was happy with that because new shape 10 speed Ultrashift is very rare. I'd probably try to find new old stock if I was buying the older type.
Thought you'd be along soon! And yes, living in Cambridge, it could be argued that 9 is excessive!
Incidentally, I slightly inadvertently got a new front mech for my Ribble that turned out earlier than I expected from the phots - prob about 2006. Pretty similar to the current ones but the cage seems to be plated steel. Which seems a much better idea than the bendy alloy of the current ones that distort if ever the chain decides to jam during a shift (yes, I know - it shouldn't happen but it has!). We'll see if it genuinely is better.
I have some spare bits of "old" campag (square taper cranks and bb, brakes etc) - give me a shout if you're interested.