Just a little update. I have been dialing in my bike the past couple of days and I have this thing shifting quick and running quietly. I adjusted the brakes and they are very nice too. It had ultegra cassette, gel cork bar tape, ultegra chain, continental ultra sport tires, all brand new. He had even taken off the Shimano R550 wheels when he got the bike and they look like new too, even though 20 spokes with me on them still makes me a little nervous , plus when I saw the inverted spokes I was sort of
. But they seem to do fine so far. I now have back up for my drop bar bikes though, including wheels. I have already cannibalized a few things off my Trek for it.
I was beginning to worry if the noise I was hearing was the bb (one of the things I have not tackled yet on a bike), so on the work stand it went to check the things I do know how to check. The problem was that the rear derailleur was off on high and low limit side and there was a very minor bend in the pulley wheel frame. I got all that adjusted properly now. Not that I am an expert or anything but I am very impressed with the 105 components, as I thought I would be. It would be hard to sell me up from it at the level I ride at now, except for the fact I "want" UI2, but I think I am going to wait a while for anything like that now, until at least Black Friday.