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Coaster
10-30-02, 06:52 PM
Somewhere, I remeber reading that when the Shimano 600 label was dropped, it became something else-was it Ultegra? Does anyone know how the lineup went prior to the current stuff? I'm probably talking late 80's on up here.
Thanks,
Rich

pokey
10-30-02, 06:59 PM
Originally posted by Coaster
Somewhere, I remeber reading that when the Shimano 600 label was dropped, it became something else-was it Ultegra? Does anyone know how the lineup went prior to the current stuff? I'm probably talking late 80's on up here.
Thanks,
Rich . Became just ultegra with the change to 9 speed in 1997? prior to that the 8 speed stuff was often called ultegra but had just the 600 logo on the parts. Was also 600 or 600ex back thru 7 speed to 6 speed index stuff in about 1985.
Coaster
10-30-02, 07:05 PM
Ultegra is considered better quality in the current Shimano lineup, would 600 have also been better quality then?
Thanks,
Rich

velocipedio
10-30-02, 08:08 PM
Shimano's product line has gone through a whole lot of changes over the years. Some of them are documented here. (http://datenbanken.freepage.de/traut/SHIMANO.html)
Cipher
10-30-02, 08:57 PM
Originally posted by velocipedio
Shimano's product line has gone through a whole lot of changes over the years. Some of them are documented here. (http://datenbanken.freepage.de/traut/SHIMANO.html)

GREAT LINK!!! (Thanks for posting it). ;)
Coaster
10-31-02, 08:10 PM
That is a great link,
Thanks,
Rich