Originally Posted by
hhnngg1
Another great example of Shimano forcing upgrades along their desired paths.
I'd still be buying Sora groupsets if they weren't so dang hard to find anymore as they work so well.
Well, wait a minute now. If you chose parts individually, you may get what you want and cheaper. I mean let's say you wanted Shimano Ultegra 8 speed bar-end shifters and a 2300 eight speed crankset and so on and so forth. You could get what's not even on the market and combine it your own way. Anyway, if you would have clicked on the two links in the link I provided up there, you would have at least found some double crankset Tiagra groupsets.
I still think you can get what you want. As a matter of fact, you may be able to find Microshift brifters if you look enough.