Ultegra STI's

[David Waters]

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!

[Velvet]

David Waters wrote:
> 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! :-)

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Velvet

[Clive George]

"David Waters" > wrote in message
...
> 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

[David Waters]

Clive George wrote:

>
> 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.

[Clive George]

"David Waters" > wrote in message
...
> Clive George wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.

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

cheers,
clive

[LGF]

David Waters > wrote in message >...
> 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

[David Waters]

Clive George wrote:
> "David Waters" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Clive George wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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.
>
>
> 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

[David Waters]

LGF wrote:
> David Waters > wrote in message >...

>
> 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.

[Clive George]

"David Waters" > wrote in message
...

> 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

[Simonb]

David Waters wrote:
> Not flight deck compatible but then
> who uses flight deck anyway?

My name's Simon and I use Flight Deck.