Ultegra vs Dura Ace article

[nscrbug]

The distance the lever has to move.

It's only what I've been told about Dura-ace, but I do know that there's quite a long throw with my setup. With my small hands, I can do it, but I kind of have to pay extra attention to make sure I don't unintentionally steer when I'm just trying to shift.

YES! THIS happens to me a LOT!!! I swear, for the longest time after I got my current bike (got it last May) I thought there was something wrong with my shifters. On my two previous bikes (one had 105 shifters, and the other had old Ultegra 6600), I never had such a difficult time shifting. The levers moved with ease and distance I had to move them felt shorter. But with this new Cannondale, it takes a whole lot more effort.

It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one that has this issue...and also comforting to know that there isn't anything wrong with my bike, it's just the way the levers are designed.

Thanks again, for the explanation!

[bikerchic]

....to the darkside and bring up the whole Campy vs. Shimano debate?

Oh well I tend to live dangerously so here is an informative article on that debate:

http://www.biketechreview.com/review...mpy-vs-shimano

[Seajay]

Electronic DuraAce does away with the shifter throw issue. Perfect shifts with small hands. No lever throw at all.

[Artista]

Electronic DuraAce does away with the shifter throw issue. Perfect shifts with small hands. No lever throw at all.

This may be one of those really stupid questions, but are electronic DuraAce shifters compatible with new 105 components?

[aicabsolut]

I think you need to have the whole Di2 grouppo to have it work. I've heard there's going to be an Ultegra level electronic group coming out eventually.

As for new Ultegra (6700), I find the inner lever a bit "mushy" feeling compared to old Shimano, but I don't think the lever throw is any more difficult than DA 7800. I had a really hard time with older 105 (I'll admit that the newer black colored 105 is a little bit easier).

As for functionality, Ultegra 6700 is much closer to DA 7900 than older Shimano groups were to each other.

I think the best way to get around lever throw issues for small or weak hands is to go with SRAM, but I don't know what Campy is like these days.

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I think the best way to get around lever throw issues for small or weak hands is to go with SRAM, but I don't know what Campy is like these days.

I went from 105 to Rival and I will never go back to Shimano. I don't think I even have particularly small hands, for a female...but even with the short-reach shifters I always felt like shifting was a challenge. Plus they never seemed all that intuitive. I don't have to think about what I'm doing with SRAM.

[OakLeaf]

I'd be afraid to switch, I don't know that I'd ever get it right! Kind of like why I've been on Macs since 1989.

To me, Shimano is intuitive: big lever, bigger cog; small paddle, smaller cog.