Ritchey break-away bike??

[BlackTiBob]

Hi,
I'm considering doing more travelling and thinking about a Ritchey
break-away bike (Ti and carbon mix model).

1. anybody have experience with one/how was it?

2. are you usually able to fly with it as just a piece of luggage
and not as $$$$$$ bike transport?

3. I found a used one BUT here's what it has/ how are
Shim 105 pieces??
105 shifters, front der, rear der, crank, cassette.
FSA Gossamer brakes
Fulcrum Racing Evolution Wheels
3T alum bar and stem

I was excited until finding out how it was built up.
How reliable is 105?
Those brakes and wheels also seem minimal quality.

I was thinking of options like buying it and selling the entire group
and the wheels and getting new Ultegra group and try to find
used HED Ardennes.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Thanks

[firerescuefin]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=126244&highlight=ritchey+break

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=126013&highlight=ritchey+break

[Lanterne Rouge]

I'm actually a big fan of 105. Durable, reasonably lightweight and fairly easy to maintain and jerry-rig on the fly (arguablly no easier to jerry-rig that other shimano gear but do you want to be using duct tape and rip-ties on Ultegra?).

Just my ever so humble opinion.......

[vqdriver]

don't sweat the 105. good stuff.

[bikerboy337]

105 stuff is great (coming from a campy guy)... very reliable, will last for thousands of miles... honestly, i had 105 on my commuter for about 5 years, never had an issue...

Also, fulcrum wheels are great, made by campy (just branded fulcrum)... not sure if they're the 4, 5 or 7... in an event, depending on the model, might be a little heavy, but the bearings are great and they'll last...

that being said, depends on the price...

If it were me and I bought it... i'd slowly upgrade the pieces... 105 will work fine...

[robin3mj]

105 will last you ages.
Only thing I'd think about is whether it's the newer version where the shift cables run under the bartape, or not.
Newer iterations (as well as SRAM and Campy) make for easier packing.