Also, Ultergra hubs are 130 OLN road standard. Tourers use 135 MTB spec hubs. Anyway, aren't the hubs LX (which is 105 equivlent), so a little more than £60 a pair.honesty wrote:LondonBikeCommuter wrote:DaveGos wrote:you would not want to use a F1 engine on a family car it would break down after a few 100 miles
I'm not calling for a Dura-Ace Ultra Galaxy but what would be wrong with full Ultegra or even full 105 versions... Dawes are after all charging £1800. Are these group sets considered unreliable? And if not what would make them unsuitable?
I ask in part because if I did build up an Ultra Galaxy frame I'd use full Ultegra apart from brakes and wheels.
Because current 105 and ultegra don't do triple shifters or triple cranks. Because current 105 and ultegra only have mid cage rear derailleurs which may support up to a cassette of 32 but only with a double up front. Shimano have in their wisdom removed triples from anything above tiagra so you just cannot do it.
The rack wasn't a Blackburn? Is Tubus cro-mo steel no good to you?
You seem to be caught up on the 'mish mash' of components. Sometimes this results from pricing a bike to a price and because there is no drop-bar specific touring group set. As was said above, you could spec and fit a 9 speed MTB rear mech, but they aren't generally available now on the higher groupo's. Which is why Dawes fit the 105 with a 11?-30 cassette. And that is why I choose to build up my own tourer, complete with a wonderful mish-mash of parts
BTW, I'm sure the front badge wasn't peeling - it's hard plastic. Just the protective film you get on new stuff.