TheMightySkunk
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Reged: 12/26/03
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Re: Wait for Ultegra 10 spd, or stick with 9 spd?
06/15/04 01:36 AM (66.135.253.9)
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I talked to my friend who works in the racing department @ Shimano. He said 10-spd Ultegra will be released with the 2005 model year stuff. He said 9-spd DA and Ultegra will be "gradually phased out". Hmmmmm. I'd love to know if "gradually" means over a period of a year or a decade!
Sounds like 10-spd mtn bike stuff is not in the cards, because the mtn stuff takes much more of a beating (mud, for example), and the 10-spd tolerances are too tight for the extra environmental problems.
This product plan sort of leaves me out in the cold, because I use a 9 spd road setup with XTR rear derailleur and an 11/32 XTR cassette. I found this works much better than the road triple groups. When the time comes that I can no longer find 9-spd shifters, I guess I'll either have to go back to triples, or go to a "compact" crankset w/ 10-spd road setup w/12-27 cassette, or else sell my bikes and take up golf.
Or I suppose I could move from this 10,000 foot volcano on which I live and return to South Florida, where you only need maybe two gear ratios and one chain ring.
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