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Is it a sin to mix groupsets?

Old 08-28-20, 11:25 AM
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Is it a sin to mix groupsets?

For example, Ultegra cranks and cassette with 105 shifters and DRs?
It’s a 105 level bike.
In this case for the purposes of a crank-based power meter of said brand.
just considering some options and it made me wonder.
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Old 08-28-20, 11:31 AM
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No, it's not.
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Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned:

I have a SRAM/Quarq crankset on an otherwise all-Ultegra bike. I have a Stages crankarm on an otherwise all-DA bike. I've got a CX bike with Shimano/Stages/SRAM. My kid's road bike has a SRAM crankset on an Campy Chorus/Centaur bike. Oh, and my kid's CX bike has an FSA crankset on a 105/Tiagra bike.
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I've got a bike with Campy Mirage 8s shifters and RD, 105 FD, Sunrace 7s cassette on a Shimano spline freehub.

And a Huret BB cable guide
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Only to those that deem themselves "elevated" from everyone else.
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Many shifter/derailleur combos don't communicate well with one another; however, 105 and Ultegra share the same articulation/cable pull engineering so you're not just good you're great! I once shifted an Ultegra derailleur/cassette combo with a Dura Ace shifter. Same thing.

I am running a Sugino crank, Ultegra chainring, Deore cassette/shifter/DR on on of my bikes. You have tons of flexibility on which cranks will work. Knock yourself out!
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I have a 10 speed 105 crankset on 11 speed Ultegra...
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Old 08-28-20, 12:57 PM
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Only a venial sin.
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The bike manufacturer's do it all the time.

I too have a 105 FC-5800 crank with chainwheels from a Ultegra FC-R8000. Spider profiles don't match up, but I figure you won't be able to tell when I pass you. <grin>
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Pretty sure the bike will burst in to flames.
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Rotor 3D+ crankset, USAMade 50T, FSA 34T, Ultegra 6800 F/R levers + derailleurs, MicroShift G110 cassette, KMC chain.

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I've got a bike with Chorus everything except a Centaur cassette and a Veloce rear derailleur. I have not yet been excommunicated, but then, this pope seems quite tolerant.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I've got a bike with Chorus everything except a Centaur cassette and a Veloce rear derailleur. I have not yet been excommunicated, but then, this pope seems quite tolerant.
I haven't gotten any notices myself and I've got potenza derailleurs and brake levers/shifters with shimano brake calipers, chain, and cassette.
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Gasp! I have one bike with SRAM Red shifters, SRAM Force fd, Ultegra rd, 105 crank and FSA SLK rim brakes. Works great, even if my Campy purist buddies shun me.
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Originally Posted by zatopek
Gasp! I have one bike with SRAM Red shifters, SRAM Force fd, Ultegra rd, 105 crank and FSA SLK rim brakes. Works great, even if my Campy purist buddies shun me.
Interesting find that SRAM shifters will work with an Ultegra RD. What speed are they?
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As long as the non-matching replacement parts are an upgrade, it's all good. The only sin is a downgrade.
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Originally Posted by shelbyfv
Interesting find that SRAM shifters will work with an Ultegra RD. What speed are they?
10 speed. Kicking it old school!
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The only real sin is putting anything other than Campy on an Italian frame. And no, Team Jumbo–Visma doesn't get a pass on this! Some things are more sacred than sponorships and money.
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Originally Posted by Metallifan33
For example, Ultegra cranks and cassette with 105 shifters and DRs?
It’s a 105 level bike.
In this case for the purposes of a crank-based power meter of said brand.
just considering some options and it made me wonder.
thanks!
This is only a minor sin, nothing too drastic. Unlike these other two who have so badly mixed things they've got a straight ticket south. My newest build is Record shifters with Chorus drivetrain, kmc chain, and completely un-Italian White Ind. Hubs. Really isn't a bad thing to build to your budget or goals.

Originally Posted by abshipp
I've got a bike with Campy Mirage 8s shifters and RD, 105 FD, Sunrace 7s cassette on a Shimano spline freehub.

And a Huret BB cable guide
Originally Posted by zatopek
Gasp! I have one bike with SRAM Red shifters, SRAM Force fd, Ultegra rd, 105 crank and FSA SLK rim brakes. Works great, even if my Campy purist buddies shun me.
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Originally Posted by rousseau
The only real sin is putting anything other than Campy on an Italian frame. And no, Team Jumbo–Visma doesn't get a pass on this! Some things are more sacred than sponorships and money.
Quite true. Just make sure it's the Italian made campy. There's nothing wrong with 8 speed.
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Originally Posted by znomit
Quite true. Just make sure it's the Italian made campy. There's nothing wrong with 8 speed.
I'll have you know that my 11-speed Chorus group was made in...<checks Internet>...uh, I dunno, but anyway, it's totally Italian designed, so it has a soul.

Unlike that Japanese stuff striving for nothingness and nirvana. There's a catechism for Campy. There are rules. None of this "discovering your inner Buddha nature" nonsense for the Italians.
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Going before an OCD Tribunal ?

if you pay The Church ahead of time your sins are pre-forgiven,

it's called Indulgences , and in the middle ages, it financed building the great cathedrals .. the Vatican Etc.






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My 1993 Trek 5900 was the flagship model for that year and carried a mishmash of parts. Whichever was lightest went on the bike: some Dura Ace drivetrain stuff but downtube rather than integrated shifters to save weight; Dia Comp brakes; White Industries titanium BB; Chris King titanium headset; Ibis titanium threadless stem, one of those odd duck 1" things that superficially resembled a quill stem. Looks like Trek went for minimum weight first, with price only a secondary consideration, and no regard to group marque.

Pretty much the same way hill climb specialists approach their own custom builds.
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Originally Posted by zatopek
Gasp! I have one bike with SRAM Red shifters, SRAM Force fd, Ultegra rd, 105 crank and FSA SLK rim brakes. Works great, even if my Campy purist buddies shun me.
campy purists eat their young.
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