Originally Posted by
The Chemist
Anyone who thinks modern high end groupsets look cheap has clearly only seen blurry internet photos of them, because as a former owner of Ultegra R8000 and now-owner of GRX800 and 105 Di2, I can assure you these groupsets neither look nor feel cheap in any way.
I own bikes with both Ultegra 8000 and Grx800. I agree, nothing cheap in the feel or appearance of them. It's not even like I don't have some older bikes either, I have a CAAD 5 with Dura-ace 7700. It's just that trends change over time and that the "get off my lawn crowd" doesn't like that. It's not just confined to bicycles, almost nothing stays the same.