Frum

Is anyone here riding them regularly now? I've heard good things about them and might soon get a pair.

Lew.

I love mine, they came with my Tarmac and I can't fault them.

Bah Humbug

A few people here have it, and I haven't heard a bad word from any of them about it.

David Broon 

I hear a lot of people who talk about 105 being the best entry point for shimano, I having spent two weeks on a shop bike with the new sora, I can honestly say it's really, really good. I've actually ordered a groupset to put on a drop-bar city bike that I'm planning.

RT

They even remade the 2400/Tourney to the same style. Have a set on my rain bike. Not bad at all.

Frum

I've heard good things here, then, too.

I'm curious as to how much of a stigmata racing roadies would associate with my using a bike that has a Sora groupset on it to race.

Lew.

Most people say/said that the 'standard' level of a group for a race bike would be/of been 105, as that is where the value per money or performance for cost starts to deminish and you only get marginal gains for considerable amount more money.

I don't think that's the case any more, I race my Sora bike. Sora doesn't hold my bike back, even after upgrading other components (contact points and wheels from stock), they still aren't holding anything back. It's the rider!

For guys racing on a budget (like myself), I'd say Sora is perfect - although I haven't used a higher mechanical groupset (only Di2 Ultegra and DA on buddies bikes).
And, an added bonus, I get this silly grin on my face when I out-sprint/climb someone with a Dura-Ace shifters that cost the same amount of my whole bike.

Bah Humbug

Pretty sure they wouldn't make your hands spontaneously bleed. Even the old ones wouldn't do that.

WhyFi

I was wondering how long that would slide.

Dunbar

I tested the new Sora and wasn't very impressed. There's a lot of sloppiness in the system IMO. The latest 10sp Tiagra is very good though, I have it on a secondary bike. The hoods are quite small on Tiagra. I prefer the larger 105 hoods on my primary bike.

As mentioned the latest version of 2300 (called Claris) now has the same style upshift button as Sora/Tiagra.

Frum

Stigmata has more than one meaning.

cc700

yeah they mean you'll be ridiculed.

sleepy

'Cuz Roadiez be getting super close to you and lower their cadence just to see what y'all using. Like one big outdoor High School.

adamdunn

i think you mean stigma

Bathwater

Depends on how hard you hit the thumb button. They're pretty pointy, man.

aquateen

does the new sora specify between double and triple or are they compatible with both like the older tiagra shifters?

Nachoman

Weird. For some reason I was under the impression that the new Sora got rid of the thumb shifters.

hyhuu

Look again. Carefully this time.

David Broon 

They did get rid of the thumb shifters. Those are the cable ports.

darb85

Its pretty good. good cables make a huge difference. My Only complaint is the lack of cassette options.

Bah Humbug

You're thinking of "stigma". As was the OP.

Frum

I am the OP. I meant "stigmata", which is the plural of "stigma". In the same way that "data" is a plural.
I made a typo and inserted the word "a" in my post by accident.

WhyFi

Your sentence structure suggests otherwise.

Frum

I covered that, nitty.

WhyFi

Not if you know how to properly use "how much," vs "how many."