Originally Posted by
FlashBazbo
Beyond styling (which, admittedly, sells a lot of components), what is there to "trickle down?" Current Ultegra and 105 are pretty close to flawless -- and 105 is an amazing bargain. These will only be cosmetic upgrades.
I think it will be DI2 on 105. And for all groups, continued improvement on brifter shape for disc. They improved it on 105… but not enough. Though I think hybrid may be the way, get same shape as mechanical but still get hydraulic benefit.
For Ultrega will be disc specific groupset. Right now it is a frankenstein group of Ultrega and generic disc parts. So all Ultrega with 9100 trickle down maybe next year.