Ultegra STI's

David Waters said:

Hey all, after xpedia sent me a set of scratched 105 sti's
which got sent back in a strop they contacted me today
saying that I could have a pair of brand new Ultegra ones
for £105. Not flight deck compatible but then who uses
flight deck anyway?

I think this is a phenomenal price and just wanted to
share it!

I do! :-)

--

Velvet

"David Waters" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hey all, after xpedia sent me a set of scratched 105 sti's
which got sent back in a strop they contacted me today
saying that I could have a pair of brand new Ultegra ones
for £105. Not flight deck compatible but then who uses
flight deck anyway?

I think this is a phenomenal price and just wanted to
share it!

Slightly related - did you get your bar ends working? What
are you going to do with them when you get the STIs?

cheers, clive

Clive George said:

Slightly related - did you get your bar ends working? What
are you going to do with them when you get the STIs?

cheers, clive

Good question. The bar end for the front is absolutely
fine, but I can't get the right one working at all. I
suppose it could be used as a friction shifter by somebody
running a 6 or 7 speed. I'll probably whack them up on ebay
as separate items and see what I can get. If anybody wants
em make me an offer.

"David Waters" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Clive George said:

Slightly related - did you get your bar ends working?
What are you going

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do with them when you get the STIs?

cheers, clive

Good question. The bar end for the front is absolutely
fine, but I can't get the right one working at all. I
suppose it could be used as a friction shifter by somebody
running a 6 or 7 speed. I'll probably whack them up on
ebay as separate items and see what I can get. If anybody
wants em make me an offer.

Fifteen quid for the pair, seeing as how one's knackered and
they're 40 quid new?

cheers, clive

David Waters <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Hey all, after xpedia sent me a set of scratched 105 sti's
which got sent back in a strop they contacted me today
saying that I could have a pair of brand new Ultegra ones
for £105. Not flight deck compatible but then who uses
flight deck anyway?

I think this is a phenomenal price and just wanted to
share it!

If you add cables and cable-stops (if you need them),
this appears a less tempting deal. I reckon about 20quid
for cables, and who knows what for Shimano down-tube
cable stops. Plus can these new-old-stock levers work
with a triple?

LGF

Clive George said:

"David Waters" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Clive George said:

Slightly related - did you get your bar ends working?
What are you going

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do with them when you get the STIs?

cheers, clive

Good question. The bar end for the front is absolutely
fine, but I can't get the right one working at all. I
suppose it could be used as a friction shifter by somebody
running a 6 or 7 speed. I'll probably whack them up on
ebay as separate items and see what I can get. If anybody
wants em make me an offer.

Fifteen quid for the pair, seeing as how one's knackered
and they're 40 quid new?

cheers, clive

How about £20 incl P&P? 😉

Dave

LGF said:

David Waters <[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

If you add cables and cable-stops (if you need them),
this appears a less tempting deal. I reckon about 20quid
for cables, and who knows what for Shimano down-tube
cable stops. Plus can these new-old-stock levers work
with a triple?

LGF

For £20 I would expect the cables to be gold plated! I
already have outers from the old shifters they are replacing
which can be trimmed to size. Replacing bar-end shifters so
already have cable stops. I have checked about triple and
they will be fine. They just don't have flight deck. Even
second hand these shifters go for around £80 so i think £105
brand new is a good price.

"David Waters" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Good question. The bar end for the front is absolutely
fine, but I can't get the right one working at all. I
suppose it could be used as a friction shifter by somebody
running a 6 or 7 speed. I'll probably whack them up on
ebay as separate items and see what I can get. If anybody
wants em make me an offer.

And the answer is a broken spring - a big one inside it
lost its end, which meant it wouldn't go very far. Ie it's
a writeoff. Well, I've learnt a) what the insides of a bar
end shifter look like, b) how not to take one apart (I
think it may be possible to do non-destructively) and c) a
failure mode.

I'll keep the lever bit as a spare in case I snap one
(unfortunately the snapped one we have is on the LHS) - and
then be a bit more careful taking it apart!

cheers, clive

David Waters said:

Not flight deck compatible but then who uses flight
deck anyway?

My name's Simon and I use Flight Deck.