Upgrading Road Bike Derailleur
Here we look at the best road bike upgrades oliver bridgewood september 23 2015 4 10 pm riding more consistently and with more focus will nine times out of 10 net you far greater performance.
Upgrading road bike derailleur. Shifting is not as smooth as it used to be but it s not a major concern. Owing to the differences in tube diameters you will need to make sure your new mech has the correct clamp size some are provided with shims enabling them to be fitted to a range of tubes. I show how to replace a rear bike derailleur. Today let s look at possible upgrades for a new road bike hi there.
The whole shimano system is the 515 which includes front and rear derailleurs i really don t want to spend a lot of money on an upgrade but an up grade of some sort is necessary because of simple wear and tear. But i now plan to use my old aluminium 3 9 speed sora bike as a winter bike. Road front mechs are attached to the bike in two ways band on or braze on. They knew how to do most of the mechanical work but they were concerned that their rear wheel wouldn t handle the 11 speed cassette in effect making it impossible to upgrade.
I ve recently upgraded to a carbon road bike bike with 105 geartrain and disc brakes which are fab. The band on type uses a clamp or band that fits around the seat tube and is bolted securely. I m just new in road biking and my bike has shimano 105 components. Can i replace the 105 derailleur with a shimano rd 7900 dura ace.
The trouble is that now having experienced the benefit of the 105 disc brakes the shimano sora br 3500 rim brakes on the old bike are diabolical. I have an old murray ultra mountain bike prob. Im not satisfied with the 105 rear derailleur. It s a minor upgrade but i have already upgraded the most of the rest of.
Shimano road bike derailleur compatibility all 11 speed shimano road components are inter compatible you could for example use a dura ace 9100 derailleur with a pair of 105 7000 shifters. I own an old road bike from the 80 s i quite like. In the video i replace the shimano 105 derailleur with a shimano 600 model. Two teammates asked me to help them upgrade their bicycles from 10 to 11 speed recently.
To this day all the original parts are still on the bike except the last mudguard that broke this year.