New Specialized Secteur, 2400 claris groupset. Upgrade?

[boxrick]

I just purchased a brand new Specialized Secteur bike at a cost of £650. However one thing that I am unhappy with is the gearing. It came with a Shinano 2400 groupset and I am wondering If I could change just the front and rear Derailleur to something like Ultegra components and leave the rest intact to give me swifter cleaner changes, or would further pieces like the shifters and crank need changing?

Any help or advise would be appreciated. My local bike shop can't even seem to get it right.

 

[cyberknight]

Assuming the bike is set up right the gears should shift equally well whether you have entry level of top of the line , the main differences will be the speed which i doubt you could tell any difference without a stop watch and a slow motion video and number of sprockets .
I would suggest you spend any upgrade money on a lighter set of wheels first.

 

[Peteaud]

My wife has the 2300 as she prefers the thumb button on her Dolce

It changes spot on every time, you just need to get it set right.

Upgrade by all means, but they all need setting up.

 

[musa]

You could but the claris works fine. Use tiagro if you must

Just make sure its set up nicely

I mean an ultegra rear mexh is £80 retails front mech £20-30 tbh no point

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I just purchased a brand new Specialized Secteur bike at a cost of £650. However one thing that I am unhappy with is the gearing. It came with a Shinano 2400 groupset and I am wondering If I could change just the front and rear Derailleur to something like Ultegra components and leave the rest intact to give me swifter cleaner changes, or would further pieces like the shifters and crank need changing?

Any help or advise would be appreciated. My local bike shop can't even seem to get it right.

What exactly are you unhappy with?

Have you used Ultegra before?

 

[Grayduff]

I might be wrong and i hope i am but having read other threads on this forum BUT i thought that anything below Tiagra components were not interchangeable , I have a Sora Groupset and would love to upgrade the front mesh, cranks etc BUT i was told i had to do it all or nothing ??? ..can anybody tell me any different

 

[IanG1]

I have exactly the same bike but 2013 model, it's all about the set up and the best thing I did was troll YouTube and learn how to set it up properly. I did find my front mech took regular tweaks over the first 500 miles to keep it shifting nicely as the cable stretched but has since settled down. I haven't touched the back at all in this time and never felt the need to. As its a triple I think the front can be more fickle to set up and needs a little patience to get it spot on without any chain rub. Once you have learnt the basics it will save you money to spend on other stuff lol

 

[boxrick]

When I say "not right", I spent hours looking over youtube videos about adjusting the dérailleurs. After not being able to get it quite right I took it to my local bike store where I left it with the mechanic for the afternoon. When I got back he said he just couldn't get it right and didn't even charge me. It shifts "ok" through the gears then around the middle on the back it doesn't sit cleanly and always wants to change ( makes that noise ).

1) Ignore it, use my bike and call it a day
2) Upgrade a few bits ( Shimano 105 entire groupset is ~ £300 and stick some new wheels on it £250 ) I got a pretty nice bike with a gorgeous looking frame for £1000 then sell all the old components and make a few quid back.
3) Attempt to return and buy an entirely different bike, this time around the £1000 mark. Some nice ultegra - carbon bikes at £1000 from PlanetX

 

[HLaB]

I might be wrong and i hope i am but having read other threads on this forum BUT i thought that anything below Tiagra components were not interchangeable , I have a Sora Groupset and would love to upgrade the front mesh, cranks etc BUT i was told i had to do it all or nothing ??? ..can anybody tell me any different

My old Sirrus uses Tiagra and Sora no problem and I've also ridden bikes with mix of SRAM and Shimano, so if you've interpreted that they cant mix you are wrong. If they are the same speed they'll up grade no problem the only limitation is you cant go to a campag based system.

 

[PaulSecteur]

If you have a specialized concept store nearby it might be worth popping it in to them, especially if you brought it there.

 

[Grayduff]

My old Sirrus uses Tiagra and Sora no problem and I've also ridden bikes with mix of SRAM and Shimano, so if you've interpreted that they cant mix you are wrong. If they are the same speed they'll up grade no problem the only limitation is you cant go to a campag based system.

R U sure I was told that i could not upgrade my Sora groupset to 105`s or Ultegra`s, i will as you say pop into a concept store when i am next in London (Covent Garden) cheers

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

R U sure I was told that i could not upgrade my Sora groupset to 105`s or Ultegra`s, i will as you say pop into a concept store when i am next in London (Covent Garden) cheers

Sora 9 speed

Tiagra/105/Ultegra/Dura-ace 10spd

 

[Grayduff]

Sora 9 speed

Tiagra/105/Ultegra/Dura-ace 10spd

Ok ta..Better start upgrading then

 

[Longshot]

[quote="boxrick, post: 2608054, member: 31958"
1) Ignore it, use my bike and call it a day
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This. Unless you're unhappy with the gear shifts - are you? Are you really or are you finding something that isn't there because you're hankering after Ultegra or similar? There's an awful lot of people out there using 2300/2400/Sora that seem to be able to change gear fairly well - it can't be that bad can it?

 

[musa]

Maybe return the bike and get a roubaix of tiagra/105 spec. Unless you have the parts lying around