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Upgrade from Ultegra 9-sp triple to Dura-Ace 10-sp triple..
Sheldon states:
I'm not convinced that the Dura-Ace brifters are significantly better than the Ultegra units, by the way. What you get with DA 10 shifters over Ultegra are 3 things: 1. Warranty - DA products get 3 years; Ultegra and lower are only 2 years. This can be important as unlike Campy ergos, STI levers are NOT REBUILDABLE. Nevertheless, Shimano has an excellent record of warranty replacment with DA/Ultegra 9, so you shouldn't see a reduction in service. 2. weight - DA 10 STIs list weight for the pair is 419g; Ultegra 10 STIs list weight is 490g. Is this important? #. the other factor is subjective - looks. With DA 10 you know you got that "Lance factor" and the envy of everyone on your block! It doesn't matter that you got a triple, the key here is you got DA 10, so you know you look good!!!! |
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Hrothgar wrote: to answer the question(s): 1. Spend some money? YES 2. Look cool? YES kidding aside, i just wanted to have an extra cog (16) for close gearing/shifting. I have 9sp 12-27 (12/13/14/15/17/19/21/24/27) and I wanted to upgrade to 10sp 12-27 (12/13/14/15/16/17/19/21/24/27). I thought I need to replace a lot (shifters, fd, rd). Looking at some forums and your replies, it looks like I only need to replace the following: 1. Cassette (can i just squeeze a 16cog into my existing cassette?) 2. Chain 3. Rear shifter That is correct but single 10s shifters are scarce right now but may be more available in the futyrue. need to also look at the shape of 10s levers, very different than 9s. The other question is my chainrings 48/38/24. If I want to upgrade my big ch to 50, will this still work fine with my current setup (ultegra triple)? yessir-as long as the rings have shift pins and ramps. Altho not essential, makes shimano shifting much better. thanks a bunch, |
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bfd wrote: Sheldon states: I'm not convinced that the Dura-Ace brifters are significantly better than the Ultegra units, by the way. What you get with DA 10 shifters over Ultegra are 3 things: 1. Warranty - DA products get 3 years; Ultegra and lower are only 2 years. This can be important as unlike Campy ergos, STI levers are NOT REBUILDABLE. Nevertheless, Shimano has an excellent record of warranty replacment with DA/Ultegra 9, so you shouldn't see a reduction in service. 2. weight - DA 10 STIs list weight for the pair is 419g; Ultegra 10 STIs list weight is 490g. Is this important? #. the other factor is subjective - looks. With DA 10 you know you got that "Lance factor" and the envy of everyone on your block! It doesn't matter that you got a triple, the key here is you got DA 10, so you know you look good!!!! Does the customer also get the 6 figure dollars Lance's gets when he uses shimano?? |
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"Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in message ups.com... bfd wrote: Sheldon states: I'm not convinced that the Dura-Ace brifters are significantly better than the Ultegra units, by the way. What you get with DA 10 shifters over Ultegra are 3 things: 1. Warranty - DA products get 3 years; Ultegra and lower are only 2 years. This can be important as unlike Campy ergos, STI levers are NOT REBUILDABLE. Nevertheless, Shimano has an excellent record of warranty replacment with DA/Ultegra 9, so you shouldn't see a reduction in service. 2. weight - DA 10 STIs list weight for the pair is 419g; Ultegra 10 STIs list weight is 490g. Is this important? #. the other factor is subjective - looks. With DA 10 you know you got that "Lance factor" and the envy of everyone on your block! It doesn't matter that you got a triple, the key here is you got DA 10, so you know you look good!!!! Does the customer also get the 6 figure dollars Lance's gets when he uses shimano?? What? Lance *only gets* 6 figures from Shimano? I would have thought he get at least 7 figures.... |
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Upgrade from Ultegra 9-sp triple to Dura-Ace 10-sp triple..
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:55:13 -0700, "Brewster Fong"
wrote: What? Lance *only gets* 6 figures from Shimano? I would have thought he get at least 7 figures.... I rather suspect that a large part of what he gets is simply whatever you want, straight from the factory, however much you want. Jasper |
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"Jasper Janssen" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:55:13 -0700, "Brewster Fong" wrote: What? Lance *only gets* 6 figures from Shimano? I would have thought he get at least 7 figures.... I rather suspect that a large part of what he gets is simply whatever you want, straight from the factory, however much you want. Agree. Look at his previous time trial bike brakes - old Dura Ace AX from the what 1980s, like these: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/ima...i/TomAX_1L.jpg or how about the old Dura Ace/Look-style pedals that he rode on up until a year or two ago. Whatever Lance wanted, he got! |
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Upgrade from Ultegra 9-sp triple to Dura-Ace 10-sp triple..
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.com, "Hrothgar" wrote: to answer the question(s): 1. Spend some money? YES 2. Look cool? YES kidding aside, i just wanted to have an extra cog (16) for close gearing/shifting. I have 9sp 12-27 (12/13/14/15/17/19/21/24/27) and I wanted to upgrade to 10sp 12-27 (12/13/14/15/16/17/19/21/24/27). I Do you need 24/27? What about a different nine speed cassette? 12-17,19,21,23. or even 13-19,21,23. [...] -- Michael Press |
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Upgrade from Ultegra 9-sp triple to Dura-Ace 10-sp triple..
Jasper Janssen wrote: On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:55:13 -0700, "Brewster Fong" wrote: What? Lance *only gets* 6 figures from Shimano? I would have thought he get at least 7 figures.... I rather suspect that a large part of what he gets is simply whatever you want, straight from the factory, however much you want. Jasper A article about 3 years ago said he is paid $50,000 by shimano for using shimano. I am sure it went up from there. PLUS anything he wants, including the influence to make a new pedal to his specs. |
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Upgrade from Ultegra 9-sp triple to Dura-Ace 10-sp triple..
On 30 Jul 2005 06:29:53 -0700, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: A article about 3 years ago said he is paid $50,000 by shimano for using shimano. I am sure it went up from there. PLUS anything he wants, including the influence to make a new pedal to his specs. I suspect that (leaving aside that his contract with Shimano presumably forbids it) if Lance went to Campagnolo and said "Hey, guys, I want to design a pedal precisely to my specifications, cause none of the current ones are quite right. In return, you get to sell them to all and sundry as 'Lance Armstrong's Racing Pedals! get them while they're hot!'", that Campagnolo would jump at the chance. Jasper |
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