Shimano 600
08-03-14, 04:47 PM
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Shimano 600
How old is 600? Is it in any way a precursor to Ultegra?
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they changed the name from 600 to Ultegra sometime, IIRC, in the 90's.
08-03-14, 05:53 PM
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600 goes back a long ways. I ran 600EX friction in the mid80s and it was not a new name then. Other posters have the change to Ultegra right.
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yes it's precursor to Ultegra. I have 600 with DT shifters on my 1989 Centurion. As smooth if not smoother than my sram apex
08-03-14, 07:58 PM
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Just a side note, as 600 has been correctly identified as a pre-Ultegra group.
But there have also been several products released under R600 name, too. These are gap filling products like long reach brakes or compact cranksets (before all their groups had one). They also sell similar stuff under the R500 & R700 lines that are respectively down or upmarket, but they are less common.
But there have also been several products released under R600 name, too. These are gap filling products like long reach brakes or compact cranksets (before all their groups had one). They also sell similar stuff under the R500 & R700 lines that are respectively down or upmarket, but they are less common.
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Shimano 600 appeared around 1983. I had one of the earliest groups that had been given to the custom builder I bought from as a demo/sample to promote the new product. The bridging model between 600 and Ultegra was the 6400, also called the Rainbow group because of the graphics on some of the parts. Some of the parts were labeled 600, others were labeled Ultegra in that group.
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if we are to believe this, it came out sometime in the early 70's, and had several appellations, that i am aware of, over the next two decades or so (not exhaustive): Arabesque, EX, and Tri-Color.
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08-04-14, 08:53 AM
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Just a side note, as 600 has been correctly identified as a pre-Ultegra group.
But there have also been several products released under R600 name, too. These are gap filling products like long reach brakes or compact cranksets (before all their groups had one). They also sell similar stuff under the R500 & R700 lines that are respectively down or upmarket, but they are less common.
But there have also been several products released under R600 name, too. These are gap filling products like long reach brakes or compact cranksets (before all their groups had one). They also sell similar stuff under the R500 & R700 lines that are respectively down or upmarket, but they are less common.
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