Originally Posted by
smd4
In my eBay travels, just looking for random Dura Ace stuff I was surprised to see them for sale. For a long time I honestly thought my 7700 shifters were the last generation of DT shifters. Oops!
I really like the Dura Ace stuff from the 80s and 90s. My first "serious" road bike was a Ritchey with 7410 DA that I bought in 1997, right after 7700 came out. I loved how it just worked. I kept the 7410 on the Ritchey till 2019. It's now a mix of 7410 with 7800 STIs and RD - too old and fat for 39x25 as my lowest gear!
Then I got a 1982 Lotus Supreme with 7200 DA, and started looking into the history. DynaDrive pedals, the freehub, the whole AX group, then SIS, then 7 and then 8 speeds, then STIs and dual pivot brakes. So much innovation in just a few years!