11-speed is great.
Di2 is great.
Ultegra is great.
New 105 will add nothing to your life except a lighter wallet and frusration when you try and buy it.
Hope that helps
11-speed is great.
Di2 is great.
Ultegra is great.
New 105 will add nothing to your life except a lighter wallet and frusration when you try and buy it.
Hope that helps
How will I control my garmin without the extra buttons?
Not going to lie, this is a major perk for me. I love never having to remove a hand to cycle pages, start laps, etc.
Why even contemplate this? you already have electronic shifting, the Ultegra will probably be lighter and the 1 gear more will not be noticable, since the range doesn’t really change… There really is no reason to upgrade from Ultegra Di2 11spd if you don’t need to replace most of the components due to wear…
It makes no sense whatsoever to contemplate an upgrade.
Gaining weight for an extra cog in the middle of the range is not worth anything…and, similar, to Rival AXS, I’ll bet we find out that 105 is lacking is some features that Ultegra already has.
I’ve been convinced
No way this is the actual price.
that SEEMS, do I dare to say, not horrible priced?
I mean…There are a lot missing from it, like battery and other stuff…
And chain, cassette, etc. My guess is that they are just gonna use the battery that already exists for 12 spd Di2, though.
But it is kinda inline with GRX Di2 pricing…IIRC, a shifter / brake caliper set is ~$400, which lines up with this 105 stuff.
I think we could expect to see a whole group set to sell for about $1500, which in todays crazy world seems like a not that crazy price
I heard £1800, which is more like $2200*. Will see when it launches though!
*although prices tend to be the same no matter what currency these days…
If it’s $2200 I’ll just buy a new bike with the new groupset on it for $6000 lol
So based on the GCN video…
SRAM Rival eTap AXS retails for £1,268 in its 2x road configuration, or £1,470 with a power meter. In its 1x format, it retails for £1,056, or £1,258 with a power meter.
Shimano’s 105 Di2 has an RRP of £1,730 / $1,890. European and Australian pricing is to be confirmed.
More tech details (and answering some of the questions I noted above…)
More details…
How does that compare to Ultegra and Dura-ace Di2 and what mechanical 105 used to be?
A full build at retail pricing is $1,887, compared to $1,140 for 11-speed mechanical 105.
One of the articles says it is also ~$300 more than the outgoing 11 spd Ultegra mechanical.
Strange and exciting times we live in.
Edit for table revision
this is a huge bummer.
They are basically abandoning most road bikes built and shipped before 2019 (when the TdF started using them)
IIRC, disc brakes became a standard not even 2 years ago on all bikes.
this is a shame…