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lostarchitect Yes. I was riding aluminum and ultegra near the front in this finish line photo.
OP is at the back on the yellow Basso. 2nd Place is in black in the foreground. First place is already out of the frame.
There's nothing wrong with steel, mind you, but this wasn't a very fast or challenging race -- flat course, low wind. I find those old Italian race bikes too flexy. I'll also point out that it looks like the OP is running Campy 11 (Athena?) and is clad in modern everything. In this case, if the frame suits, it's probably OK.
