Shimano rx100

robklancs
robklancs Posts: 498
edited December 2007 in Road beginners
Probably should be in road gear but im a beginner, so here it is.

A friend cam to my house with his bike, a second hand trek 1200, it looked a few years old. It was fittled with old bull horn? shaped handlebars and had shimano rx100 gears. It had been used in time trials and it was rapid. What are these gears?
Are they the old ultegra equivalents?

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  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    It was a low end groupset below 105, I think the equivalent now would be either Tiagra or Sora.
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  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    I have a mixture of rx100 and deore on my 15 year old touring bike - always been very reliable and never had any problems. I was under the impression that at the time they were consider quite high spec, but that might just have been sales talk :oops:
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  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    According to Sheldon Brown

    http://sheldonbrown.com/shimano.html (page down 4 times)

    The 1997 Shimano groupset hierarchy was:
    Dura Ace
    9-speed
    Ultegra
    105SC
    RX-100
    RSX
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  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    schlepcycling wrote:
    According to Sheldon Brown

    http://sheldonbrown.com/shimano.html (page down 4 times)

    The 1997 Shimano groupset hierarchy was:
    Dura Ace
    9-speed
    Ultegra
    105SC
    RX-100
    RSX

    Oh well maybe the saleman was talking about the Deore parts, they seem to be ranked a bit higher.
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    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    Maybe, but remember that RSX was quite good, and that Shimano makes loads of groups below that. I usually reckon rx100 to be about the same as 105.

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