The remainder of the groupset (brakes, chainset) and the wheels are from Italian manufacturer Miche. Shifting comes via Campagnolo’s entry-level Veloce levers and mechs. The componentry and finishing kit is matched and from established manufacturers, with a pleasing absence of generic kit, except for the seat post, which is branded with the Tifosi ‘T’. Full carbon forks are becoming cheaper, but to expect one on a sub-£1,000 machine is perhaps unrealistic. We removed the handlebar stem to reveal the expected alloy steerer tube. Up front, there’s a carbon fork which, unusually for the breed, and usefully for the season, is equipped with mudguard eyelets. While on the topic, the dropouts contain two eyelets and there’s an Allen boss on the shoulder of either seat stay, making the possibility of a rack an added extra, rather than an either-or. We heartily approve of the British racing green and white finish and subtle details that include matching triangular down and top tube profiles and hydroformed seat and chainstays that splay outwards on their journey to the drop out.
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