105 & Ultegra

Sutton_Rider
Sutton_Rider Posts: 493
edited August 2016 in Road general
Does anyone know. Whats the difference between an 11 speed 105 cassette, chain and rings and an Ultegra set up?

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  • feisty
    feisty Posts: 161
    If you google there's loads of articles on this. And even more opinions. See: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/reviews/ ... 5-groupset

    I have ultegra on one bike and 105 on the other. I can't honestly tell any difference at all in shifting with the latest incarnation of 105. Really I can't. 105 is less than 200g heavier so there's not even much of a weight saving. But I have ultegra on my "nice" bike just because I wanted to kit it out with nice looking stuff! (The bike is titanium and ultegra is silvery grey and kind of goes nicely with it).

    If it's for a winter bike or a commuter, I'd definitely go with 105
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    All in it's 200g.

    But I think Road.cc had a article comparison between the 2 and a lot of the components came out at the same weight.

    http://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/201326-head-head-shimano-105-v-shimano-ultegra

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