Who is Tiagra 4700 aimed at?

chris_bass

Just looking at the new groupset and it is basically the same price as 105 5800, so why would you go for Tiagra? maybe the price will drop once it has been out for a while

pirnie

I imagine the price will drop rapidly on release, but the main appeal as I see it is if your wheels won't take 11 speed it lets you have pretty much all the same tech without the need for a new rear wheel/hub

dowtcha

Its aimed at anyone where value for money is key just like the old 4600. My first bike was tiagra and that was the best groupset I could get a few years back for under 1000 euro. With cycle to work I got the bike for 480 euro, the same bike with 5700 would of been close to 750 which was to much for me at the time. Little did I know how much money cycling as going to gobble . Still using bike for winter/wet riding and it stands up well. I'm sure when its released it will be the same price as the outgoing 4600.

IanRCarter

I agree with pirnie about the price, I paid £325 for 5800 on release, within a few weeks it was easy to find it at £300 and there were some places that had it on offer at £275 (think it was Merlin). 4600 is currently around £220-£230 so I'd expect it to come down closer to that, maybe £250 or less.

Don't forget, a lot of people buy complete bikes instead of building their own up from parts or upgrading groupset and aluminium Tiagra-equipped bikes are within budget for a lot of new cyclists.

Then there's the cost of consumables, Tiagra cassettes and chainrings tend to be cheaper than 105, so it looks very appealing as a groupset on a winter bike when component wear will increase.

hoojamaflip

I would consider it as a replacement for the 105 5600 on my "wet" bike. I imagine the quality will be similar/better, and it will have the concealed gear cables and more comfortable hoods (if 6800 Ultegra is anything to go by).

Also, 4700 has the option of a triple, which you cannot get in 5800

iron-clover

For people like me who have a bike that they want to put serious miles into, or building up a cyclocross bike to take abuse.
I have actually put the old 105 levers onto my road bike- although all my wheels are now 11spd compatible, the older 10spd chains, cassettes etc are far cheaper to replace and will only get cheaper. Plus they are a little less fiddly on the indexing front.

I would very happily have the Tiagra 5800 on a cyclocross bike I'm thinking of getting, and that new chainset would look really nice on my current road bike...

chris_bass

I just think it will be priced too close to 5800 to make it worthwhile to buy as a groupset, maybe if bikes that come with it fitted are significantly cheaper that could be where it fits.

markhewitt1978

5800 has been out for a year when 4700 is new. Come back after six months or so.