Differences between shimano components???
12-22-05 | 12:28 PM
#26
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From: Central PA
Bikes: '03 Marin Mill Valley, '02 Eddy Merckx Corsa 0.1, '12 Giant Defy Advance, '20 Giant Revolt 1, '20 Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1, some random 6KU fixie
Originally Posted by CycleFreakLS
Care to explain yourself? What I said was exactly true. Comparing components or wheelsets on two bikes where the rest of the stuff isn't identical is not a true comparison. Read skokhead's response.
[please, no one destroy this myth: it's all i've got to cling to when those credit card bills come in...]
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12-22-05 | 12:29 PM
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From: Portugal-Israel
Well guys you may think this is a joke, but I was working in a company that was giving support in Israel to 300 forigners that gathered in the Holy Land and rode for charity. At some stage I was called together with the main mechanic "urgently" to help a girl that the Campy Veloce rear derailer came apart. We had no veloce with us and believe it or not we instaled a simple 1$ Shimano SIS all metal mountain bicycle derailer replace the Veloce. Guess what? The Veloce ergo-shifter worked as smoothly with the 1$ SIS all metal derailer as with the Veloce derailer.And guess what else? you need a hammer to destroy a 1$Shimano SIS all metal derailer ! If you do not believe this story, try to do it and you will be surprised.
Conclusion: even the most simple components will work as precise as the thousand $$$$$ components.
Conclusion: even the most simple components will work as precise as the thousand $$$$$ components.
Last edited by caotropheus; 12-22-05 at 12:35 PM.
12-22-05 | 12:39 PM
#28
Originally Posted by CycleFreakLS
But are these two bikes identical ... aside from DA and Ultegra? Same frame, fork, and wheelset (even saddle could make a huge difference)? If not, that's really not a true assessment of DA vs. Ultegra.
i do have an ultegra and a da bike, and the da really feels silkier, and hopefully will last longer, but in hindsight i was a bit of a boob to blow so much money on it... agree with the above assessments that 105 is solid stuff that would be great for most of us....
but then again, by buying knock-off brand bikes on the web, i DID get the ultegra for what you would typically pay for 105 at the lbs, and likewise the da was had for what you'd expect to pay for ultegra...
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12-22-05 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CycleFreakLS
... if you look at .Net and Sql Server long enough, it is hard to determine reality from fantasy ... 
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