You can "stretch " out a 105 long cage rear derailleur to get around a 34, even though it suggests to max out at aaround 28 or so. I run a Dura-Ace rear mech thast puts me smoothly onto the 34t cog every time. For everyone touting the 105 line; It's true! Most club racers ride 105 cause it works. For pure performance you can't beat it anywhere near the cost. And even then the performance difference comes more from what's on top of the saddle, not beneath it. Any year 105 is probably better than the Dura-Ace 5-10 yrs older anyway. / I also confess a Huret Jubilee fetish too, and all that fancy pants bling stuff that only other geeks appreciate. For example, I apologize for my Paul canti brakes because they're so ugly. (although the kids -20 somethings- like them) Gotta get me some forged vintage Mafacs! But I enjoy the ridiculous, over detailed, fancy pants stuff. I know it won't make my ride any better. In fact I will choose style over function straight up. But hey, it's another aspect of the whole experience that's fun for me.
On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:08:03 PM UTC-4, islaysteve wrote: > > I have 105 and like it a lot. But lately I'm favoring a compact double > crank (Sugino), and as far as I can tell, with the road groups (105, > Ultegra, etc), you are limited in the size of the rear cogs. So I've come > to the conclusion that if I want to keep the compact double and have a > versatile range of gears, I need to go to the mountain rear derailleurs, > which is what Riv sells. But IMO it must be Shimano and silver. Of course > none of this would preclude using the Herse crank. Steve > > On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 7:34:04 PM UTC-4, Greg J wrote: >> >> You mention that you have Shimano 105 parts currently. You don't mention >> how old they are, but if they are from the mid-2000s, then you pretty much >> have technology that is lighter and as technically advanced as anything you >> will get from Riv (or anything this group will recommend, except for Jim's >> SRAM, and even that I don't know would be any lighter or better >> functioning). >> >> Functionally and value-wise, the 105 group pretty much can't be beat. >> Everything else is for fun (which is really what most of us here >> do---friction / non-aero levers / etc. for the fun of it). Or going >> lighter because you can. Dura Ace is Shimano's best and lightest, then >> Ultegra, then 105. >> >> The fancy boutique parts manufacturers include Paul (brakes, levers), >> Phil (hubs/bottom brackets), Chris King (hubs/headsets), White Industries >> (hubs). Around here, Nitto parts and Grand Bois parts also get high marks. >> Any of these would put the bling in your bike and make it more unique and >> win the admiration of us bike-geeks. >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> On Sunday, April 1, 2012 5:53:19 PM UTC-7, dr...@charter.net wrote: >>> >>> >>> but I this time I want it rebuilt a bit lighter with upgraded >>> technology. >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/OMqQ_dCF3d8J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
