Originally Posted by
stardognine
Out of curiosity, do you know if there was a "higher-range" groupset for touring, back then? 🤔 It seems like we would be familiar with it, if it existed, but at least in my case, that was slightly before my time, as far as high-end. 😁😉
The only thing that Shimano had that was higher than 600 at the time was Dura-Ace and I wouldn't consider it touring. At the time there weren't many "groups". Campagnolo had started the group concept and at the time had a mid-range Nuovo Gran Sport group, but I wouldn't call it or any of their other groups appropriate for touring. Most touring bicycles up to that time were pieced together using components from different companies. Shimano 600 was arguably the first group designed for touring.