I've bought a Viking Roma for its lightish weight,converted to flat bar by lbs due to my bad back,schwalbe marathon plus's,new shimano shifters,recently purchased Ultegra callipers and front and rear derailler and shimano spd.........being not to bad with the spanners obviously the pedals are not a problem.... wondering whether to do the upgrade brakes and derailleurs myself,,,,just the fine tuning I'm unsure about...its more the wanting to have a go than being tight,its not cheap stuff,don't want to mess it up,,,yes I know,,support your lbs,,believe me,,I have