Darth Lefty 

Grams, dude, grams, not dollars. Price was 235 Euros. Relax!

Darth Lefty 

The trigger releases cable, the brake lever rotates to pull cable. It's still basically the same mechanism as STI's, just in a different housing.

Andy_K 

That's annoying. I haven't really looked into the flat mount thing, but I really don't see why we needed yet another standard. In any event, I got the RS685 brakes before Shimano started flat mounting everything, so I'm happy there.

My main interest in this group is in the crankset. I like the 46-32 double with a road-like 43.5 chainline. I've been looking for these to show up on my favorite web sites. So far just bike24 as was said above, but I imagine they'll start making their way through other distribution channels soon. The price on bike24 is pretty close to what I'm seeing for Ultegra cranksets on U.S. sites. Hopefully that will come down a bit.

RubeRad

haha, ok, that makes more sense!

Cyclist0108

I want to get these handlebars for my wife. I also like the way the brake looks, but I'd want to try it first. Any idea when these will appear in the wild?

Darth Lefty 

You know, the more I look at details, the more I think I've been underselling the styling. It really does extend to all the pieces. The flat levers are probably standard MTB units internally but they definitely have their own unique housing that looks sleeker and covers more of the function. The MTB units have a much more utilitarian look.

donalson

i'm late to the party... but "h bars" also confuses me...

THESE are H bars (titec/jones H bars) and the 1st generation MTB dual control work perfectly for them in a street/touring/commuting setting... lots of hand positions, and can use the controls (both stoppers and shifting) from the grips and the "horns" with comfort


*edit*
I'll add... I have a pair of XT brifters that I had installed at one point... I went back to the deore as the xt shift body was a bit more square so when my hands sat further up on the horns with the hands somewhat over the body of the shifters it wasn't as comfortable... so back to the deore I went... I still have the XT as backups and will keep them around until I pick up a pair of deore backups for that inevitable crash that kills one of them...

blakcloud

What is good about the flat mount and the shape of the disc calipers is now you can tuck them on the chain stay behind the seat stay. This is the perfect place for a commuter bike. Having disk brakes on the seat stay was a pain at best. Few years back when they were on the chain stay, many manufactures had to bend the seat stays around the brake which always looked wonky or they had these long swoopy dropouts to accommodate the disc brake. The new style is much more elegant.

Andy_K 

Fair enough. My 2013 Jake has IS brake mounts on the chainstays, but I have heard that it limits the rotor size you can use with some frame sizes. The new style does look nice.

idiotekniQues

Looks cool and glad they are creating and at the same time catering to an important market group of cyclists. Wheels are a bit heavy though the 1x is nice, just limited by only one sized chainring and no ability to add a different chainring due to the unique bolt system. i run a 1x9 with a 48T in the front, 42T is not enough but still a step in the right direction

Darth Lefty 

52-14 was enough and 42-11 is enough, but that's just my opinion. For myself I'd be more worried about 42-32 being enough. SRAM was kind enough to make their 10-42 cassette compatible with their road 1x groups.

donalson

I did stop to think about this group a bit more... I spent some time a few years back in Germany and Norway both had so many practical bikes... especially norway... I forget that shimano is a global company and really these groups will cater much more to other countries... I loved seeing all the practical hybrid type bikes with studded tires (beginning of winter when I was around)...

ColonelSanders

How wide is that Jones bar of yours?

donalson

about 26" c-c of the rear most part of the bars...

ColonelSanders

Maybe it is just the angle of the photo, but it looked shorter than 660mm, I was guessing it was 600mm.

donalson

likely to do with the angle... and the 6'4 300# rider on a 62cm disc trucker frame ;-)

ColonelSanders

Heh, I was thinking of asking how tall you were.

donalson

lol ya my road bike is a '83 trek 560 25.5" frame... more height in my legs and fat/inflexable so I need to have the bars pretty high up requires a lot of steerer tube length... on my road bike a tall quill stem...

Darth Lefty 

Another source... Prices in Euros. Be sure to get your cookies set for USA, otherwise there's VAT. Prices are generally somewhere between 105 and Ultegra level.
https://www.bike-components.de/advan...eywords=metrea

Double crankset €158.82 (a little more than Ultegra)
Single crankset €150.42
H-bar left brake lever €91.60
H-bar brake/shifter lever either side €133.61 (Same as 105-level hydraulic brifters)
Flat bar brake lever either side €33.57 (more than XT BL-M8000)
Flat bar shift lever either side €50.38
FD €24.33
RD €33.57 (just a few bucks more than 105)
Rear caliper €40.29 (between 105 and Ultegra)
Front caliper €41.79
Wheelset €251.26
105 5800 11-32 cassette + chain, set €47.86
SM-RT500 rotor €29.37

Flat bar brake set (levers + calipers) €192.44 (similar XT M8000 set is 142.02)
1x11 H brake set (left lever, right STI, calipers) €343.70
2x11 H brake set (left & right STI) €385.71 (between similar 105 and Ultegra sets)
Complete 1x11 flat bar set including wheels, cassette, rotors, chain, €755.46

The sets cost more than the included major parts. They do have more minor hardware than the components alone (hoses, mineral oil, "olives," other stuff).

Darth Lefty 

While we're at it... it seems clear by now, they're not marketing this stuff in America.

blakcloud

Thanks for posting and doing all the research. It really helps.

I wonder why?

Darth Lefty 

...and it's $1.12 per Euro right now (Edited)

alan s 

Metrea is for metrosexuals. Am I wrong?

Darth Lefty 

What's wrong with looking sex-ay?

alan s 

You be the judge.