Is this a fair conclusion?

[HLaB]

I'm relatively newbie to 105 gears; my Bianchi has Veloce and the Sirrus has Sora. I've ridden 105 before but my Kinesis is the first new bike I've had specced with it.

After a few rides, I think the 105 will be quicker in the drops suiting sprinters but the thumb triggers are more suited to climbers where you can be on the tops and change up quickly at the crest of a hill.

I probably need practice but when on the hoods I feel I change up faster with the thumb shifters, which is particularly handy when I change from the large to the small ring.

 

[HJ]

Sorry, but what is 105?

 

[Breedon]

Im guessing at the Shimano 105 group set

 

[HLaB]

Sorry, but what is 105?

I thought you'd been round bikes a while , Shimano 105 gearing.

 

[Bigtwin]

No difference. Once you have the muscle memory, they are 6 and 2x3 for speed.

 

[HLaB]

No difference. Once you have the muscle memory, they are 6 and 2x3 for speed.

Cheers, that's what I'm hoping.

 

[Bigtwin]

Cheers, that's what I'm hoping.

That said, does depend on the bars a bit. If you have funny shaped deep-drop bars, it can make reach more crucial than normal profile shallow drops on the Campies. But then, with Shim, you have to wind your wrist round more to shift the lever right over.

 

[SimonRoberts0204]

You should be able to change gears comfortably from an 'on the hoods' riding position.

Thats what i love about them, - you can get up out of the saddle, and accelerate, changing up gears when your revs get too high, feels like accelerating in a car!

+1 for having to reach to move all the way across, like when youre trying to shift the rear derailleur down two clicks in one go.

 

[HLaB]

I think I'll have to get out of my habit of climbing on the tops of the bars rather than the hoods for parts. In that position with thumb shifters its just a flick of the pinky to shift up when the hill flattens out.

 

[I am Spartacus]

Shiftin gears out of saddle and across a few gears in one.. probably best not to post in Beginners?
The terminology .. like 105.. is still jargon for many

 

[HLaB]

Shiftin gears out of saddle and across a few gears in one.. probably best not to post in Beginners?
The terminology .. like 105.. is still jargon for many

If the mods want too, feel free to shift the thread.

 

[HJ]

I thought you'd been round bikes a while , Shimano 105 gearing.

Evidently not long enough...