Oops...

Swannie

Somehow, I've ended up with a second bike in my (now) collection!

A second hand road bike to compliment by hybrid (i.e. go faster when it's nice weather). It's a 2004 Saracen alu frame, with Sora shifters and 2200 mechs. I feel very happy with what I paid for it. Chain needs a clean and oil, breaks need a bit of a service... but thinking of taking it for a spin tonight. Sure it may have been quite cheap in its day, but 4 years is only 4 years, and I got a much better spec'd bike that I thought for well under £100 (after looking on Fleabay).

Might need a 20-30mm shorter stem, but will see how I get on.

As an aside, I couldn't find details on how the Sora/2200 ranges have changed over time. Is there somewhere I can find the details of my 2004 shifters on the Shimano site?

willbevan

havnt seen anything on the shimano site except 07 and 08, the newer 08 being 9 speed i belive

Belv

The only difference appears to that the latest Sora shifters have an adjustable reach for the brake lever. ST2200 components still use identical part numbers, so are the same.

Swannie

Cool.

I'd just heard that Shimano updates its parts, sometimes without making it clear.

And yes, there are new Sora shifters with gear indicators. But I did find the older plans on the USA site. Cheers.

To my dismay tho, last night I worked out the gearing ratios. Tiny bit faster than my hybrid... ish. Thanks to the great Sheldon Brown calculator, with the wheel sizes included, my hybrid has a faster top gear! The 32's make the wheel diameter that bit bigger than the 23's on the road bike. Despite a higher ratio, the lower rollout!

Not too concerned, as I have a better selection of higher ratios. But to my dismay, the road bike doesn't drop down to my usual hybrid hill climbing level, no no, it's about 2-3 gears higher (52/42, no compact here!) I tried that ratio for about 1min last night before giving up!

meagain

"a faster top gear! "

Gears may be higher or lower - not FASTER! That's a function of the pedalling effort!!