Should I upgrade mechs?

jameses

Hi,
I'm in the process of finding parts to upgrade my groupset. My bike came with Shimano 2300; so far I have got ultegra shifters, chain and DA cassette (all 9spd), ultegra brakes and wheelset. I will probably get some new cables for the installation.

Is it worth upgrading the mechs as well? Would I notice much difference between 2300 and 105/ultegra? Advice generally seems to be it's more about decent cables.

I'm not really bothered about saving a few grams or having a matching groupset (nothing wrong with the 2300 chainset that I can tell, so that's staying), just wondering if performance would be significantly improved for an outlay of £40 or so.

Cheers for any help,
James

JohnnyAllez

Yes, mechs make some difference, usually go for a higher spec rear than the front if looking to save money, so Ultegra on rear and 105 on front or Ultegra back and front?

jameses

Thanks for that. Time to start scouring the sales pages again...

jameses

Hmmmm.....any idea how I work out which front mech size I need? Can't seem to find anything on Specialized's site
It's a Secteur, seat post is 27.2mm if that helps

Yossie

Undo the current one - the size should be written on the inside.

jameses

That makes life easy! Thank you!
edit: 31.8, in case anyone was wondering.

daveb99

I have a very lightly used, unmarked Ultegra 6700 rear mech for sale, would be just what you're looking for. Drop me a PM if you're interested ;-)

jameses

Thanks for the offer, but I just picked up rear mech last night.