9 speed dura ace or sram force

p7rider
p7rider Posts: 370
edited November 2012 in Road buying advice
Thinking of selling my dura ace 7700&7800 bits and moving to 10 speed force or rival thoughts please :?

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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    My first thought was WHY?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    7700/7800 was the best series they did and what you will trade it for is one extra cog, a 16 T one to be precise.

    If you think having the 16 T sprocket in your cassette will change your life, then go ahead and "waste" your money on a lesser groupset
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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    7800 is lovely. I have the current Ultegra and my older 7800 shifts far more crisply. I think it looks better than the current groupos too.
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  • p7rider
    p7rider Posts: 370
    my thought was the 7700 is getting on a bit thats all reckon ill stick with dura ace for the time being althoigh i think ill try the carbon force chainset and rotor rings ive just picked up
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    7700/7800 was the best series they did and what you will trade it for is one extra cog, a 16 T one to be precise.

    If you think having the 16 T sprocket in your cassette will change your life, then go ahead and "waste" your money on a lesser groupset

    + many. 9 speed is all you ever need and it is far more reliable that 10 and 11 speed stuff.

    My CAAD has 9 speed and I only wish I could have got new 9 speed group set for my new Basso.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I'll take the rear mech!
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    After owning and racing both for years, Force will give you 3 things:

    - Better brakes, if they're the newer calipers with the wider A-frame,
    - A much better feeling and comfortable shift lever. If you live on your hoods and have medium to bigger hands, SRAM have nailed a comfortable shifter body. For 'cross you cannot beat them,
    - Much, much, much lighter weight - 2300 for DA 7800 (more for DA 7700) vs 2050 for Force (assumes BB30 cranks).

    7800 will give you:
    - the BEST damn shifting ever. Better than electronic b/c it's more tactile. It beats 7900 hands down. It's so light and direct you'll think it runs on batteries and butter.
    - a great-looking and stiff crank but heavier than Force. You have to like silver as well.
    - the best cassette in the business.

    As late as 2009-2010, you could find the DA 7800 groupset £599. I should've bought two! :-(
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