New Dura Ace Closer look (without CAPS)
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I like that they stay with alloy cranks. They are stiffer. I notice a huge difference when switching between my carbon and alloy crank sets. I also like the swerve in the brifter and the 11 speed cassette. The brakes calipers and hoods look pretty trick too. IMO the gloss black looks cheap though. Shimano spoiled us with the Gunmetal, Maybe next year. I am also curiose if they made their chain narrower and widened their cassette range.
Afraid I agree, have never really been a fan of the DA aesthetics but have gotta to say the 10 speed looks nicer
I may be bargain hunting soon as my my SRAM red rear mech has broken (spring snapped) after only 2 years! I may be jumping ship to Simano.....but shhhh....don't tell LudwigAlready happening mate - Sagami Cycles is selling full Ultegra at 73,000 JPY and the DuraAce complete comes in at under 160,000 JPY.
Interesting photos.
Looks to be a huge unsupported expanse of chainring. I wonder how they maintain the stiffness of the current version.
No cut-outs / asymmetric ramps in the chain. For durability maybe? Or could just be a pre-production chain.
Shifters and brakes look like slightly refined versions of 7900.
Hard to tell if the cassette is wider than current 10-speed.
Looks to be a huge unsupported expanse of chainring. I wonder how they maintain the stiffness of the current version.
No cut-outs / asymmetric ramps in the chain. For durability maybe? Or could just be a pre-production chain.
Shifters and brakes look like slightly refined versions of 7900.
Hard to tell if the cassette is wider than current 10-speed.
That larger cutout also caught my attention, but there will no doubt be method to the madness.
I suppose, looking at it, one can run a curve in the shape of a double figure of eight, with a smaller 8 being inside a larger one. Probably does something to aid stiffness, or some such gibberish.
Prefer the look of the older Dura Ace at the moment, but these things are always better 'in the metal', so to speak.
I suppose, looking at it, one can run a curve in the shape of a double figure of eight, with a smaller 8 being inside a larger one. Probably does something to aid stiffness, or some such gibberish.
Prefer the look of the older Dura Ace at the moment, but these things are always better 'in the metal', so to speak.