Fireman Phil
04-29-03, 04:00 PM
I was wondering on a scale of 1-10 how do shimano deore components rate? Also, is tiagra better?:
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Middi-zon
04-29-03, 04:14 PM
Deore and Tiagra are equal in their own worlds, both are second from the bottom of the line (the lowest you can go and still look like a serious cyclest), but Deore is for mountain bikes while Tiagra is is for use on road bikes.
-Middi-zon
-Middi-zon
Rev.Chuck
04-29-03, 04:50 PM
They are both the base level 9speed and hold up very well for the money.
D*Alex
04-29-03, 05:36 PM
Well, Sora and unnamed generic "Shimano SIS" junk is lower.....
deliriou5
04-29-03, 07:19 PM
Originally posted by Middi-zon
Deore and Tiagra are equal in their own worlds, both are second from the bottom of the line (the lowest you can go and still look like a serious cyclest), but Deore is for mountain bikes while Tiagra is is for use on road bikes.
-Middi-zon
really? so i wasn't a serious cyclist when i was riding my acera equipped giant iguana?? :(
cuz i know that shimano alivio is the next in line after deore....
Deore and Tiagra are equal in their own worlds, both are second from the bottom of the line (the lowest you can go and still look like a serious cyclest), but Deore is for mountain bikes while Tiagra is is for use on road bikes.
-Middi-zon
really? so i wasn't a serious cyclist when i was riding my acera equipped giant iguana?? :(
cuz i know that shimano alivio is the next in line after deore....
Middi-zon
04-29-03, 07:37 PM
Originally posted by deliriou5
really? so i wasn't a serious cyclist when i was riding my acera equipped giant iguana?? :(
cuz i know that shimano alivio is the next in line after deore....
Well I ride a Sora road bike, so I'm not "serious" either, but I've got an LX mountain bike.:) This is just what I see in the forums, and the info I got when I asked about road bike gruppos when researcing road bikes.
-Middi-zon
really? so i wasn't a serious cyclist when i was riding my acera equipped giant iguana?? :(
cuz i know that shimano alivio is the next in line after deore....
Well I ride a Sora road bike, so I'm not "serious" either, but I've got an LX mountain bike.:) This is just what I see in the forums, and the info I got when I asked about road bike gruppos when researcing road bikes.
-Middi-zon
Rev.Chuck
04-29-03, 08:57 PM
Hey, I ride a full Dura/Ace bike(and a full XT, and a trials with a bunch of funky stuff on it) and I am most assuredly not a serious cyclist. Like girls, I just wanna have fun.
Do you have a good time? Then you are there, does not really matter what it is. My favorite bike is more than twenty years old, is built mostly from used parts, has only one gear, no freewheel, and just a front brake. I don't even have a computer on it, because I ride because I love it, not to see how far I went.(Plus I could always ask someone else how far we went then add a couple of miles for effort.
Do you have a good time? Then you are there, does not really matter what it is. My favorite bike is more than twenty years old, is built mostly from used parts, has only one gear, no freewheel, and just a front brake. I don't even have a computer on it, because I ride because I love it, not to see how far I went.(Plus I could always ask someone else how far we went then add a couple of miles for effort.
dexmax
04-29-03, 10:56 PM
well, if you ask shimano.. they don't really rate it as serious and not so serious.
its rated from recreational to sport/racing to high-end performance.
high-end component gruppos don't determine the level of the cyclist, but how much doh he spent on his bike.
its rated from recreational to sport/racing to high-end performance.
high-end component gruppos don't determine the level of the cyclist, but how much doh he spent on his bike.
goodcatjack
04-30-03, 12:13 PM
Rev.Chuck/dexmax/etc:
Hear hear!
I get pretty dispirited when I see (or worse, feel) gear getting to be more important than the ride.
riderideride,
-alex.
Hear hear!
I get pretty dispirited when I see (or worse, feel) gear getting to be more important than the ride.
riderideride,
-alex.