Tiagra 4700 looks good

[ceolwulf]

http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/03/31/all-new-shimano-tiagra-10-speed-4700-trickles-down-latest-tech-from-high-end-groups/

A little surprised they kept it ten speed though.

[thirdgenbird]

Not bad.

I expected 10. Look how long they held onto 9spd.

[chengher87]

I was hoping they'd keep it as a five arm crank, but if this is on ribble for the $250 sale price in June. I can't pass that up!

[Cicli]

The 10 speed keep was agood move. I bet it acts much like a 10s 5800. Now those guys can scoop up some sweet wheels on the cheap to run with a nice 10 speed group.

[josephr]

currently running 4600 on one bike with 5700 shifters and 5700 FD...the rest is 4600 and runs solid, reliable, quiet. My only complaint with 4600 is spring on the FD snapped---found out later it was just matter of time. Hopefully they've made a change there.

[rpm]

That's great! I need some replacement levers for a 10-speed Ultegra group.

[spartanKid]

That's great! I need some replacement levers for a 10-speed Ultegra group.

Hopefully they haven't changed the cable pull to the new 11 speed ratio...

[thirdgenbird]

currently running 4600 on one bike with 5700 shifters and 5700 FD...the rest is 4600 and runs solid, reliable, quiet. My only complaint with 4600 is spring on the FD snapped---found out later it was just matter of time. Hopefully they've made a change there.

Those front deraillers seem to always break. I've replaced a few and I don't ride the stuff.

That's great! I need some replacement levers for a 10-speed Ultegra group.

You will likely need the front derailler as well. That is a bonus though. It's probably cheap and performs well.

[kimpw]

glad it's 10 speed, also glad they have a triple...

[oldpotatoe]

Hopefully they haven't changed the cable pull to the new 11 speed ratio...

Rear der cable attaches under the bolt vs over ala 11s so I'm guessing compatible with all except the 11s stuff. Guessing.

[benb]

I have a bike with Tiagra 4600 at the moment after 10+ years of owning 105, Ultra, DA, and one brief bad experiment with SRAM.

I don't have trouble with adjusting derailleurs and such but I would say the 4600 is among the most finicky groupsets I've ever used for rear shifting. So hopefully 4700 is a big improvement. It's just very hard/almost impossible to get it working as well as 105/Ultegra/DA. I've got a Compact crankset + wide range cassette which makes things worse but the Front der. is actually great, it's almost perfect, it's the rear which is wonky. And "wide range" is still nothing like an MTB cassette and most MTB groups shift them fine, and I've run Ultegra with a wide range cassette with no problem in the past too. I think it's just the 4600 brifters to blame as I also have the flat bar 4600 shifters and those have no issues.

I have most of an Ultegra group sitting in a box, I'd just need to buy one shifter.. but it's not a compact setup and it would make the bike more attractive to thieves. I just need to be in good shape to do that as I use this bike to tow a trailer & carry bags.. 53/39 + 70lbs of trailer + kid + heavy steel bike + hills is not going to be ideal.