Dura Ace 7700 was the best Shimano road group ever
06-11-21, 09:07 AM
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I've always thought 9 cogs was the perfect number. A 10th just was not needed for me personally and fine tuning became more finicky. Also needs a narrower, IE weaker chain. The external shift cable routing has less friction and shifts crisper, and that style of brake hood was (is, I have an older Tiagra) more comfortable on my hands. All the modern internal routing Shimano STI's make my fingers numb.
07-28-21, 09:22 AM
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The 7700 brifters and derailuers are first rate. Very fast and reliable shifting. Almost telepathic. And I'm running mine with a 12-30T cassette. I keep the innards of the brifters clean and lubed, they must have 20 years and 20k miles on them.
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08-03-21, 08:50 PM
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For 7,8, or 9 speed, it doesn’t get any better than 7700 Dura Ace. The 7700 bottom bracket is very much fun to rebuild and is very well sealed. No reason to go all modern and ugly with 10 speed 7800 bits and pieces. My wife has 7700 STI on her Ironman while I will probably never change my shifter cables.
Mine.
My wife’s with 7700 chainrings on her 165 105 cranks.
Mine.
My wife’s with 7700 chainrings on her 165 105 cranks.
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BTW: As my turn was coming up for my Richard Sachs, there were 25th Anniversary kits (watch included) going for $1500 but I went for 7900 because NEW. Biggest bike money mistake I've made to date.
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but lighter bottom bracket - id be curious what the weight of a 7700 crank + BB would be vs a 7800 crank + BB
I have a very nice 7800 groupset in a box, but havent used it because it still has a "modern-ey" appearance that IMO looks a bit out of place on one of my old lugged steel frames
but id use 7700 for one of those applications in a heartbeat
I have a very nice 7800 groupset in a box, but havent used it because it still has a "modern-ey" appearance that IMO looks a bit out of place on one of my old lugged steel frames
but id use 7700 for one of those applications in a heartbeat
