Ultegra 10spd - any good?

leonlikestrees
leonlikestrees Posts: 528
edited August 2007 in Workshop
I'm going to go 10spd on my 'best' road bike. I've ended up going to Dura-ace int he 9spd era due to problems with Ultegra STI's (my 3rd pair just died on my CX bike).

In my experience, 8spd Ultegra was nearly as good as Dura-Ace (for my purposes anyway as a 2nd cat roady back then), but the 9spd Ultegra was a real step downhill - I found the STI's particularly unreliable (although in fairness, most other parts of the groupset were ok)

Are the new Ultegra parts durable? Anyone had any problems with the STI's?

thanks!

Leon

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  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    Mine have been fine for (nearly) 2 seasons use now. however I believe Dura Ace has a longer waranty period so may be worth paying the extra for Dura Ace now and have no worries.
  • leonlikestrees
    leonlikestrees Posts: 528
    Not in this case - I would be buying an OE groupset to save ££££'s

    I've got some 9spd DA shifters from 1997 that are still going strong. They are going to get relegated to the cross bike, and the new stuff will go on the road bike, so should have a trouble free existence.
  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    DA groupset for under £500 from probikekit.co.uk at the moment (happened to be looking there yesteray).
  • leonlikestrees
    leonlikestrees Posts: 528
    yep, that's the one

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