Originally Posted by
dtrain
Yeah, I was curious about this. Even with a compact, I'm not sure I need an 11t. Mostly running 12-27 and 12-26 (9 and 10 speed) stuff with compact cranks currently. Shimano had a DA 9000 12-28, but it wasn't offered in 6800 (just 12-25...or 11-28 and 11-32). From what I've seen, 5800 has even fewer options.
Would be nice to have more appropriate gearing for normal folks who still want the snappy, quality shifting of the 105 group. Not everyone is climbing huge mountains and hammering on the 11T on team trainings.