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Old 04-29-2024, 06:18 AM
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I know I've posted this here before, but now it's updated with a Dura Ace 9000 groupset.

This is my daily rider now for about the past 7 or 8 years and I've been regularly riding Looks for the past 20 or so.

I had been running this with a 5800 group that was fine but was getting long in the tooth. This 9000 group is a takeoff from my Indy Fab, that was updated to a GRX 1x groupset. I was able to acquire the 9000 brakes here a few years ago, meaning I had a complete group available. Yesterday I did all the transplanting of the components. Campagnolo fans will be pleased to know that I used an adapter for the front derailleur clamp from Campagnolo. Finding a clamp-on or even a Shimano adapter proved a bit tough and this one was sitting on my work bench.

Today will be for some fine tuning but hopefully this serves well for a few years still. I gave the crankset a close inspection and all seems to be well. I'll definitely be keeping my ears and eyes open to the signs of failure.

It's a nicer looking groupset than the 105, if functionally nearly identical.

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