On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 3:21:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 9:19:49 AM UTC-5, wrote:

I hope to replace the Mirage front derailleur and Mirage Ergo levers with 9-speed Veloce ones only because the Veloce are all silver and then I'd have a full 9-speed groupset on that bike.


OK. As long as you know you are doing the change for completely aesthetic reasons. For performance, there ain't no difference. I have Record, Chorus, Centaur, Veloce, and a Mirage part or two on 9 and 10 speed bikes. No difference in performance.

I like silver asthetics of the Veloce stuff which is why most of my 9-speed groupset is Veloce. I ONLY bought the two Mirage items because they were a LOT less than the Veloce at the time and I was tight for funds for bicycling stuff. I really don't care for black components unless I were building up a bike for stealth camping or touring and stopping somewhere where I'd want to hide the bike from view whilst I slept.

I'll keep the Mirage components for spares on my touring bike that also has Mirage Ergo 9-speed levers and rear derailleur.

Cheers